Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait set off a brief but consequential conflict involving an international coalition of forces led by the United States. ... read more
Intended by coalition leaders to be a “limited” war fought at minimum cost, it would have lingering effects for years to come, both in the Persian Gulf region and around the world. In the immediate aftermath of the war, Hussein’s forces brutally suppressed uprisings by Kurds in the north of Iraq and Shi’ites in the south. read more
The causes of the Gulf War can actually be tracked back quite a few years, even a decade before the war started so can be complex to understand. Below are the causes of the Gulf War and the impacts it had on the countries involved. Causes of the Gulf War. The causes of the Gulf War actually started when Iraq was at war with Iran. read more
The cause for the gulf war was to the so called liberation of Kuwait from Saddam Hussain's regime, which was as shown by recent wikileaks documents was sanctioned by the United States. Basically, it was a reason to destabilize the region for the military-industrial complex capitalist machine to takeover the gulf region. read more