August 1990
Civilian Hostage Crisis
Some detainees are used as protection at strategic sites.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Kuwait in Iraq. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Some detainees are used as protection at strategic sites.
Uses foreign civilians as political leverage during the crisis.
Restricts departure of foreign nationals from Iraq and Kuwait.
Kuwaiti state institutions are subordinated to occupation authorities.
Imposes Iraqi administrative control over occupied Kuwait.
Prevents many foreign nationals from freely leaving occupied Kuwait.
Orders the invasion that overwhelms Kuwait's defenses.
Iraqi forces rapidly seize Kuwait City and key installations.
Orders Iraqi forces into Kuwait.
The invasion rapidly overruns Kuwaiti military and government positions.
Attempts to consolidate annexation despite international rejection.
Proclaims Kuwait an Iraqi province after the invasion.
The fires devastate oil infrastructure and pollute the environment.
Retreating Iraqi forces ignite hundreds of Kuwaiti oil wells.
Iraqi forces set large numbers of Kuwaiti oil wells ablaze.
The fires cause immense economic and environmental damage.
Hundreds of oil wells are set alight by Iraq as it faces defeat, extinguished Nov 3
Coalition ground forces attack while Iraq continues seeking a settlement through Soviet mediation.
Saddam orders Iraqi forces to withdraw from Kuwait as coalition troops advance.
Provenance
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