On November 29, 1990, the UN approved Resolution 678, which established the deadline of January 15, 1991, for Iraq to leave Kuwait. On August 2, 1990, Iraq troops invaded Kuwait.Īs a result, the Council of the Organization of Security United Nations (UN) approved Resolution 660, which strongly disapproved of Iraq's invasion and demanded the complete withdrawal of Iraq’s troops from Kuwait territory. For this reason, Iraq decided to invade Kuwait. Nonetheless, they did not achieve any agreement. Another meeting occurred, this time between Iraq and Kuwait. She attended the meeting to hear the Iraqi intentions to invade Kuwait. Bush that Iraq was not a threat to the U.S. The Iraqi government strategy was to demonstrate to the U.S. On July 25, 1990, some days before the Iraqi invasion, President Saddam Hussein received the U.S. With this in mind, on July 22, 1990, the Iraqi Army moved approximately 120,000 Soldiers to the border of Kuwait. The claim is that the annexation of Kuwait was legal because it was basically Iraq territory. Baghdad was looking for opportunities to put in practice a plan to vindicate old boundaries. It is noteworthy that several notable events took place in July 1990, days, and weeks before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990.
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