Question 1: Why did Iraq invade Kuwait? Is this an invasion? The Iran-Iraq war has left the Iraqi people in dire straits. One of the solutions to the lack of money is to rob a rich neighbor.

Question 2: Why did Iraq invade Kuwait in order to occupy an important geographical location, control the Persian Gulf, and confront Iran?

Question 3: Why did Iraq occupy Kuwait at that time? On August 2, 1990, in order to control Kuwait's oil treasures in the hands of Iraq, Saddam Hussein ordered his troops to invade Kuwait. Iraq dispatched 3,350 tanks, dozens of military helicopters and five divisions of about 100,000 troops to invade Kuwait. The entire military operation took less than 10 hours.

Iraq’s actions have seriously threatened the security of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, and also caused rapid instability in the Gulf region. The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting at the request of the Kuwaiti government and passed Resolution 660, requiring Iraq to immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops, restore Kuwait's legal government, and disarmament within a time limit, otherwise it will use force.

President Saddam delivered a speech on the radio, claiming that the "jihad" had begun and stating that he would "never surrender to the United States." His tough attitude finally prompted U.S. President Bush to sign a combat plan codenamed "Operation Desert Shield." While implementing the "Operation Desert Shield" plan, Bush also directed General Swarzkopf, the commander-in-chief of the United States in the Gulf region, to formulate the "Operation Desert Storm" plan.

The disputes between Iraq, Kuwait and the United Emirates mainly include three aspects:

1. Oil policy. Due to oversupply of oil in recent years, oil prices fell from US$21 per barrel in January 1990 to US$14 in July. Iraq accused Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates of deliberately overproducing oil and lowering oil prices, causing Iraq to lose US$14 billion in oil revenue. Kuwait stated that after the ceasefire between Iran and Iraq, Kuwait has always complied with the production quotas stipulated by OPEC and made sacrifices for the policy of limiting production and ensuring prices. Brazil's request for an increase in production quotas is to meet its need to develop its oil "downstream business" in Western Europe. The UAE also rejected Iran's accusations, pointing out that maintaining the stability of the world oil market is the sole responsibility of oil-producing countries inside and outside OPEC. In order to stabilize oil prices, the UAE would rather reduce production below the quota.

2. Territorial disputes. There is a land border of about 120 kilometers between Iraq and Kuwait. The oil-rich desert area has no demarcated boundary. Iraq accused Kuwait of encroaching on Iraqi territory during the Iran-Iraq war. Iraq established military outposts and oil facilities in the area, and illegally mined oil worth US$2.4 billion in the southern part of the Rumaila Oil Field, which belongs to Iraq. Kuwait believes that the southern part of the Rumaila Oil Field extends into Kuwait and should belong to Kuwait territory, and demands that The Arab League formed an arbitration committee to delineate the border between the two countries based on existing treaties and relevant documents between Kuwait and Kuwait.

3. Debt problem. During the Iran-Iraq War, of the more than 70 billion US dollars in debt owed by Iraq, the debt owed to Kuwait and other Gulf countries was approximately 35 billion US dollars. Iraq proposed that its war with Iran was to defend the Japanese nation, and therefore it should formally forgive the debts it owed to Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and other foreign countries during the war. Kuwait believes that it is unacceptable for Iran to unilaterally propose to cancel all debts without consultation. The UAE pointed out that Iran's approach has caused controversy and is not conducive to the fulfillment of the obligations of the Chinese nation.

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Question 5: Why Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait was immediately condemned and opposed by the whole world. First of all, it is moral. After World War II, the international community basically established the basic policy of peacefully resolving international disputes. Although wars occurred frequently during this period, they were often not in direct violation of international law. For example, in the Korean War, South Korea has always accused North Korea of ??invading South Korea. However, in fact, North Korea and South Korea were not completely divided at that time. The war was actually a unified civil war between two regimes within a country, so it did not violate international law.

The Gulf War is different. Iraq and Kuwait are both internationally recognized countries. Iraq's blatant invasion of Kuwait has almost no basis in line with international law and is a blatant violation of international justice! And this kind of trampling happens in a modern society that is considered civilized and enlightened, which is particularly intolerable.

The second is economic. After the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq suffered from economic difficulties and financial shortages. Therefore, it hoped that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries would increase oil prices and reduce production to increase Iraq's economic income and help Iraq get out of its predicament. However, Kuwait, as an important member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, took the lead in increasing production and lowering prices, thereby harming Iraq's interests. If Iraq successfully invades Kuwait, it will definitely be able to use military force to deter overseas OPEC countries and achieve its goal of raising oil prices. This is by no means good news for the economies of all countries in the world, so Iraq has been opposed by countries around the world. .

Question 6: Why did Saddam attack Kuwait in 1990? After the Iran-Iraq war, Saddam felt good about himself. The Western world at that time fought fiercely with him and called him the pillar of the Middle East. The United States and Europe rushed to establish trade relations with Iraq, and state legislators from Kansas and Wyoming in the United States even visited Saddam in person. Saddam's desires grew day by day, and he began to think of ways to purchase raw materials for making nuclear weapons from the United States. In 1990, U.S. Customs discovered that several Iraqi agencies were trying to purchase an electronic device that could be used to detonate a nuclear bomb. Soon, Saddam attracted the attention of the United States by arrogantly claiming that Israel would die without a burial place. Pentagon analysts warned that Saddam Hussein was likely to become a threat to the United States after discovering that Iraq was trying to buy high-tech boilers from the United States that could be used to make nuclear bomb components. But at that time, many people in the Bush administration and Congress believed that Saddam was still a useful regional strongman despite the threat, so they continued to condone him. In fact, Bush signed a secret document in the first year of his term in preparation for establishing closer relations with Iraq. Until August 1990, after Saddam blatantly ordered the army to invade Kuwait, some officials of the Bush administration still gave vague defenses to Saddam. Some American diplomats believe that if Saddam was not too greedy, he could have escaped unscathed after invading Kuwait. A former U.S. ambassador to a certain country in the Middle East once said: If Saddam had withdrawn his troops to the Mutrah Mountains overlooking Kuwait City, he would still be there now. ? It is said that Saddam made plans to invade Kuwait around July 1990. Why invade Kuwait? This is a very complex issue, and Kuwait was reduced to a county in Basra Province of the Ottoman Empire in 1896. When Iraqi Vice President Ramadan visited Egypt in 2001, he wildly stated: 99.9% of Iraqis believe that Kuwait is part of Iraq. But the most important reason was that Kuwait rejected Saddam's request for a $10 billion loan after the Iran-Iraq war. As we all know, Iraq owed a huge amount of foreign debt in order to fight Iran. The total foreign debt was as high as 200 billion US dollars, and the economic situation took a turn for the worse. Saddam believed that Kuwait had been protected by Iraq, so he should be generous. In addition, Iraq accuses Kuwait of aggressively exploiting Iraqi oil on the Iraq-Kuwait border, and Kuwait violates export quotas stipulated by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and exports excessive amounts of oil, which has adversely affected Iraq. In short, various reasons prompted Saddam to decide to invade Kuwait. ?

Question 7: The reason why Saddam ignited the oil wells in Kuwait during the Iraq War was to reduce the hit rate of precision-guided weapons. Those guided weapons need to be controlled. When the fuel is ignited and black smoke is billowing, neither infrared guidance nor manual guidance can accurately aim.

Question 8: Why did Iraq not abuse the Chinese when it invaded Kuwait? My uncle is you. One of those workers,

He is a worker of the China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau, sent by the country to help dig for oil in Kuwait.

The workers who went with him were divided into two groups, one group went to Iraq and the other group went to Kuwait. They were all from the China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau, and both countries in China helped.

They didn’t feel anything at all on the night of the invasion of Iraq, but they found out early the next morning that the soldiers standing guard at the door had changed...

At that time, China and Iraq had good relations, and Saada Mu specifically told the soldiers to protect the safety of the Chinese people.

Do you remember the Iran-Iraq war? In 1980, China gave Iraq more than 2,000 tanks, half sold and half given away. Of course, they were all bombed by the United States during the Gulf War...