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How long Kuwaits been alive,heehee.
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The boundry between Iraq and Kuwait was officially defined. [:
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Oil was first discovered in Kuwait. As you know, this is going to cause problems for them...
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Suadi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, and Venezsula was banded together to protect the exporting of oil within these countries. The first leader was Fuad Rouhani of Iran followed by Abdul Rahman Bazzaz of Iraq.
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Kuwait, along with Quatar and Bahrain, gained independence from Britain.
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On this date, Iraq insisted that Kuwait belonged to them, and wanted control over it.
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Britain sends troops into Kuwait to help defend them against Iraqi threats.
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Like a lot of Middle Eastern countries, women don't have many rights. On this date a law was passed that a women could not obtain a passport without written permission from her husband.
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This date is known because Iraq renounces it's claim that Kuwait should really be theirs because oil was found there.
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A five day hijack was held. Iranian commandoes hijacked a Kuwaiti airline en route to Pakistan. It was forced to land in Tehran and the armed men killed an American passenger.
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Both Britain and France have minesweepers for the Persian Gulf, but made it clear it was not in combined efforts with United States, who were escorting Kuwaiti ships through the Persian Gulf.
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A cease-fire was declared between Iraq and Iran. Then, Iraq re-asserted it's claim to Kuwait. :/
