When the Iraq troops did not leave Kuwait they decided to send troops in to the Persian gulf area. from 7th august 1990, the Us started sending more and more troops and resources into the PGA in order to enforce the UN’s declaration.

on 8th of august president bush made a public statement in which he tried to explain his policy towards the invasion in an attempt to win support.

 

Operation Desert Storm

 

As Iraqi troops did not withdraw on the 15th January, the US led Operation Desert Storm, whereby on the 17th January they started retaliating against the Iraqi invaders. Led by Schwarzkopf, Desert Storm was a series of air strikes supported by naval action.

Israel responded by sending scud missiles to Israel hoping that Israel would retaliate and lead other Arab countries into the war, but the US persuaded them not to intervene. The US then used their own missiles to intercept the missiles sent by Iraq.

The UN coalition soon had dominance in the skies and in the seas. They entered Kuwait on the 24th February 1991, and four days later had driven the Iraqi’s out of Kuwait and on the 28th, a ceasefire was declared.

key points

Sudan hussian stays in power

destruction of all chemical and biological weapons

permission of UN to asses that other points had been obeyed.

why did sadam Hussein order his army to invade Kuwait. he belived that Kuwait were holding down oil prices and were trying to steal their oil.to solve debts

when Gorbachev found out that saddam Hussein invaded he stopped all trade with sadam within hours and talked to the UN and USA about a security council resolution demanding Iraq immediate withdrawal.

bushes new world order was an odre in which the world s leading powers worked together to try and prevent aggression and to enforce law international.

he sent troops in because