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WHAT WERE THE CAUSES OF
THE GULF WAR
- THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR
- Hussein built up the Iraqi military and
began a war with Iran in 1980.
- The Iran-Iraq war lasted for eight years and cost
hundreds of thousands of lives on each side, including
both soldiers and civilians.
- Two years after the war with Iran ended,
Hussein was looking elsewhere for new
territorial gains.
- Hussein built up the Iraqi military and
began a war with Iran in 1980.
- KUWAIT
- Saddam Hussein decided
that he had no other
option but military might
- After invading Kuwait the UN declared
Iraq’s actions as invalid and economic
sanctions were put in place.
- so he stationed 100,000 troops
on the border and in early
August invaded Kuwait
- Saddam Hussein decided
that he had no other
option but military might
- UN INVOLVEMENT
- By
November
Iraq was still
in control of
Kuwait .
- On 16th January Iraqi forces
were still in Kuwait and a
coalition force made up of 34
countries started Operation
Desert Storm
- the UN drew up
Resolution 678 in
which Iraq was given
a deadline to leave
Kuwait.
- By
November
Iraq was still
in control of
Kuwait .
- THE HISTORICAL CLAIM
- Until the end of the first world war
Kuwait had officially been a part of
the Turkish Empire.
- The British had accepted responsibility for
Kuwait's boundaries with Iraq.
- Both King Ghazi in the late 1930's and
President Qassem in 1961 had demanded the
incorporation of Kuwait into Iraq
- Until the end of the first world war
Kuwait had officially been a part of
the Turkish Empire.
- IRANIAN GOVERNMENT
- The seeds for the Gulf War
were laid decades before the
first military action occurred.
- By the late 1970s, a leading
Ba'athist politician, General
Saddam Hussein, became the
official president of Iraq,
- In the 1960s, a coup d'etat, or seizure of power,
occurred in Iraq, and the Ba'athist political party took
power.
- The seeds for the Gulf War
were laid decades before the
first military action occurred.
- FINANCIAL CRISIS
- During this war Iran was
not only attacking Iraq
but also attacking oil
tankers from Kuwait at
sea too
- To support the ending of the war
Kuwait financially aided Iraq by
lending the country 14 Billion US
Dollars.
- Iraq tried to convince Kuwait to dissolve the debt as Iraq
had done Kuwait a favour by being at war with Iran,
Kuwait declined and this caused a rift between the two
countries.
- Iraq then asked other OPEC
countries to reduce oil productions,
Kuwait opposed this.
- During this war Iran was
not only attacking Iraq
but also attacking oil
tankers from Kuwait at
sea too
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