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Sudan Huessem accuses Kuwait of stealing oil from Iraq and threatens military action
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Iraq invades Kuwait and takes over oil fields, Kuwaite’s emir leaves. Iraq puts mass numbers of soldiers on Saudi Arabian border. UN demands Iraq to leave Kuwait
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Saudi Arabia requests US soldiers to help defend possible Iraq attack
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First US troops arrive in Saudi Arabia
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Suddam Hussein declares a jihad/ holy war against US and Israel
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US blockades Iraq's oil exports
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Britain and France announce that they will send 10,000 troops to the Persian Gulf Coast
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United States launches Operation Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait
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First missile strile on Isreal by Iraq
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500,000 US soldiers are in the Persian Gulf Coast
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President George HW Bush gives Iraq a 24 hour deal to leave Kuwait before ground forces will be used to take it back
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Iraq launches missile at a US barrack in Saudi Arabia killing 25
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Sudam Hussain declares that Iraq is withdrawling from Kuwait
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President George HW Bush declares Kuwait liberated