er Kuwait.Apparently, the rest of the world did not take Saddam too seriously. He showed his intentions of taking over Kuwait numerous times and proposed a joint takeover with many countries. First he proposed to Egypt, that they take over Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and share them. Then he proposed to Jordan and Saudi Arabia that they take over Kuwait. However, none of these respective countries believed him. Saddam then assembled his troops near the Iraq-Kuwait border, but she would surely not start another war because his country was economically devastated already. There were many reasons Saddam wanted to take over Kuwait. The Iraqi government accused the Kuwaitis of stealing 2.5 billion barrels of oil from its Rumaila oil fields by sliding drills into Iraqi oil pipelines. They had also accused Kuwait of exceeding OPEC oil production which had dropped the price of oil from $20 a barrel to $13 a barrel in the first six months of 1990. This meant that for every dollar a barrel of oil went down in price, there would be a 1 billion-dollar loss for Iraq. Iraq foreign minister Tariq Aziz later said in a letter to the Arab league that Kuwait is "systematically, deliberately and continuously" harming Iraq by encroaching on its territory, stealing oil, and destroying its economy. "Such behavior amounts to military aggression". On August 2, 1990, Saddam Husseins troops invaded Kuwait. The rest of the world was hit with the realization that Saddam was not joking around. However, Saddam did not think that there would be any backlash to his invasion. He thought he would be able to easily take over Kuwait and no other country in the world would oppose him. He could not have been more wrong.Thousands upon thousands of Iraqi soldiers poured into Kuwait in a massive attack. The Kuwaiti troops were no match, and within hours, Saddams forces were in Kuwait City, Kuwaits capital. Kuwait then came in contact with the US and pleaded for help. The United Stat...
