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Originally posted by Dreamer128:
I'm not a historian, but didn't the first Gulfwar start after rumours that the Iraqis killed numerous baby's in Kuwait, while the only real witness was the daughter of the Kuwaitian Ambassador?
After all his crimes, Husseins fall was caused by a number of lies that weren't even his. Irony of faith. 
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No, it started after Iraq's army invaded and occupied Kuwait. Saddam was angry Kuwait was selling oil cheap, and felt it was hurting him. He demanded $10 billion from Kuwait in repairations, and lined up his army, the world's 6th largest at the time, along the Kuwait border. From the very moment President Bush got a call that helicopters were invading the country's capital and tanks had crossed the border, he was on the phone with Thatcher planning how to free Kuwait. Being decendents of WWII, these two leaders agreed that this cannot stand, simply cannot stand -- countries don't *annex* anymore.
Anyway, so there's your 5 cent history lesson for the day.