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PERSIAN GULF WAR

PERSIAN GULF WAR. 1990-1991. CAUSES. Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988): Border disputes, end Iran’s support of Iraqi Shiites, accepted a UN cease-fire Saddam Hussein (Iraq Leader) Ayatollah Khomeini (Iran Leader) Hussein faced huge debt and public unrest Claimed Kuwait

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PERSIAN GULF WAR

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  1. PERSIAN GULF WAR 1990-1991

  2. CAUSES • Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988): Border disputes, end Iran’s support of Iraqi Shiites, accepted a UN cease-fire • Saddam Hussein (Iraq Leader) • Ayatollah Khomeini (Iran Leader) • Hussein faced huge debt and public unrest • Claimed Kuwait • Invaded Kuwait and appeared to be a threat to Saudi Arabia

  3. “Champion of Islamic Revival”Leader during the Iranian Hostage Crisis (1979- 1981): 52 U.S. citizens held hostage for 444 days (Algiers Accords)

  4. SADDAM HUSSEINLEADER: 1979-2003

  5. UN AND U.S. RESPONSES • UN condemned Iraq’s invasion: trade embargo • U.S. led forces against Iraq (Operation Desert Storm) - Planes bombed military targets in Baghdad and elsewhere - Ground forces attacked Iraqi troops in Kuwait - Iraq surrendered

  6. ONGOING TENSIONS • UN kept trade sanctions until Iraq could prove dismantled its weapons • Hussein often delayed or defied UN inspectors in their search • American and British planes periodically bombed military targets in Iraq when Iraq violated agreements

  7. OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM • 2003: George W. Bush, Tony Blair, and other allies: Claimed Saddam had weapons of mass destruction and needed to be overthrown so invaded Iraq • Saddam captured, brought to trial, and executed in 2006 • 2005: Central Intelligence Agency: No weapons of mass destruction

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