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Why Didn T The USpport Iraq
After Iraqi troops entered Kuwait, the United Nations decided to trade embargo or economic sanctions on Iraq, which was called Resolution 660 and 661…. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) immediately opposed the invasion and ordered Iraq to withdraw its troops from Kuwait. Iraq did not listen or did not even care about UNSC and ignored the demand. During the war US supported Kuwait, even though during Iraq – Iran war US supported Iraq but they did not had a good relation and Saddam thought that US will not stop him to go and take Kuwait because US supported Iraq during Iraq – Iran war. Saddam Hussein responded by increasing troops in Kuwait to 300,000. UNSC establish the deadline to withdraw the troops of Iraq that are in Kuwait on November

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