NEW WORLD ORDER

WHERE DOES THE OPPRESSION TAKE PLACE?

• It takes place in Kuwait.
• Kuwait is a country in the Middle East.
• The population at the end of the gulf war was 2 million people.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY ?

• We tend to call the 1990-91 conflict the Gulf War this was not the first Gulf war in this region. From 1980 to 1988 Iraq fought a bloody war against its neighbor Iran. In 1980 Iraqi invaded over a border dispute over the ownership of the Shatt Al Arab waterway which borders the two countries.

MORE HISTORY

• The Waterway was so clogged with silt and debris it was now useless. The war left Iraq with over $80 billion worth of debts mainly to Kuwait.
• It was these tacticsy of chemical and artillery bombardment, which the Coalition forces were expecting during the later Gulf war, and these debts, which were the seeds of that future conflict.

WHO ARE THE GROUPS BEING OPPRESSED?

• The country of Kuwait.
• The followers of the Islamic law.
• Muslim people

WHO ARE THE OPPRESSORS? AND WHAT DO THEY WANT?

• There are several reasons why Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. "After the 8 year war with Iran over territorial disputes and religious rivalries, Iraq had a massive debt to many Arab nations including Kuwait."
• The rulers of these nations wanted some of their money back but Iraq thought they were ingrates for defending the Arab.

WHO ARE THE OPPRESSORS? AND WHAT DO THEY WANT? Cont.

• The Arab emirates were afraid that the Islamic fundamentalists would rise against the government and eventually take over the government as they had Iran against the Shah.

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• Kuwait was also afraid of this and so they supported the Iraqi Arabs against the Iranian Persians.

WHAT CAUSED THE OPPRESSION TO OCCUR

• In 1990 Iraq was in severe financial difficulties the price of oil was low and Iraq relied on this as its main source of income. It accused Kuwait of overproducing and flooding the market with cheap oil. Kuwait agreed to lower production but this failed to pacify Sadamm Hussein.

WHAT CAUSED THE OPPRESSION TO OCCUR?

• He had a second grievance with Kuwait that of the Rumalia oil field in northern Kuwait. The Iraqis owned half this oil field and wanted the rest of it, so they accused the Kuwaitis of stealing oil from the Iraqi half of the oil field.

WHAT CAUSED IT TO ESCALATE

• Religion in 1980's
• Money (debt)
• Oil

IS THE OPPRESSION STILL HAPPENING?

• No Kuwait is not being oppressed any more because the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was killed.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO STOP OPPRESSION

• In the years that followed, U.S. and British aircraft patrolled skies and mandated a no-fly zone over Iraq, while Iraqi authorities made effort to frustrate the carrying out of the peace terms.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO STOP THE OPPRESION? CONT.

• This resulted in a brief resumption of hostilities in 1998, after Iraq refused to admit weapons inspectors. In addition, Iraqi force regularly exchanged fire with U.S. and British aircraft over the no-fly zone.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN

• Have a peace treaty.
• If they fail to comply the elements of the treaty then there will be consequences

CITATIONS

• History.com Staff, . "Persian Gulf War." History.com. A+E Networks, 2009. Web. 17 Mar. 2016. .
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