THE PERSIAN GULF WAR

HOW THE WAR BEGAN

• Iraqi leader saddam hussein order iraq to invade in august 1990
• He wanted to take over the oil reserves
• Saudi arabia and egypt called on the u.s to intervene

WHERE THE U.S STEPS IN

• Egypt and other arab nations teamed up against iraq in
• Operation " desert field"

Untitled Slide

• November 29th: the United nations security council authorized
• The use of force against iraq if they did not withdraw from Kuwait.
• Hussein responded by ordering all of Kuwait's oil fields to be burned.

OUR SIDE IN THE WAR

• We think that the U.S needed to intervene because...
• 1. Were allies with Egypt and saudi Arabia.
• 2. The war could have gotten alot more violent if we wouldent have stepped in.

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

• Saddam husseien is dead.
• Iraq and kuwait could make peace.