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Calendar: Iraq invades Kuwait -- 1990
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Title

Iraq invades Kuwait -- 1990 

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Start Time

8/2/2014 12:00 AM 

End Time

8/2/2014 11:59 PM 

Description

At about 2 a.m. local time, Iraqi forces invade Kuwait, Iraq's tiny, oil-rich neighbor. Kuwait's defense forces were rapidly overwhelmed, and those that were not destroyed retreated to Saudi Arabia. The emir of Kuwait, his family, and other government leaders fled to Saudi Arabia, and within hours Kuwait City had been captured and the Iraqis had established a provincial government. By annexing Kuwait, Iraq gained control of 20 percent of the world's oil reserves and, for the first time, a substantial coastline on the Persian Gulf. The same day, the United Nations Security Council unanimously denounced the invasion and demanded Iraq's immediate withdrawal from Kuwait. On August 6, the Security Council imposed a worldwide ban on trade with Iraq.

All Day Event

Yes 

Recurrence

Every year on August 2 

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Created at 8/19/2011 1:55 PM  by FL 108 Webmaster 
Last modified at 8/19/2011 1:55 PM  by FL 108 Webmaster 

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