Thursday, 30 July 2020

Three decades on, Iraq and Kuwait haunted by Saddam's invasion

Three decades on, Iraq and Kuwait haunted by Saddam's invasionThirty years have passed since Iraqi tyrant Saddam Hussein invaded neighbouring Kuwait, but despite hints of a diplomatic rapprochement, people in both countries say the wounds have yet to heal. On August 2, 1990, Saddam sent his military, already exhausted by an eight-year conflict with Iran, into Kuwait to seize what he dubbed "Iraq's 19th province." From Baghdad to Basra, Kirkuk to Babylon, Iraqis agree that the incursion "marked the beginning of the end."




source https://news.yahoo.com/three-decades-iraq-kuwait-haunted-saddams-invasion-043730394.html

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