On July 25, 1990, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie, met with Saddam Hussein at the presidential palace in Baghdad. Their conversation focused on Saddam’s complaint that Kuwait was pumping oil that rightfully belonged to Iraq from deposits along the Iraq-Kuwaiti border. The Iraqi dictator also complained that Kuwait was holding down oil prices to slow his country’s economic recovery from the Iran-Iraq War.
When Glaspie left the meeting, she believed that she had clearly warned Saddam of the dangers of using force to resolve his dispute with Kuwait. The conversation didn’t make the same impression on Saddam Hussein. Eight days later, 100,000 Iraqi troops poured across the desert border into Kuwait.
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When Glaspie left the meeting, she believed that she had clearly warned Saddam of the dangers of using force to resolve his dispute with Kuwait. The conversation didn’t make the same impression on Saddam Hussein. Eight days later, 100,000 Iraqi troops poured across the desert border into Kuwait.
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