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Iraq invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990, with the apparent aim of acquiring Kuwait's large oil reserves, canceling a large debt Iraq owed Kuwait, and expanding Iraqi power in the region. Iraq also accused Kuwait of "slant drilling" and manipulating the price of oil to limit Iraq's oil earnings. The Iraqi government claimed that Kuwait had always been an integral part of Iraq and only became an independent nation due to the interference of the British government.
The invasion set important precedents for the use of military force over subsequent decades. Although Iraq advanced several arguments in support of its actions, the basic reasons behind the invasion of Kuwait were the perennial ones that had led earlier Iraqi regimes to seek the same result: control of Kuwait’s oil and wealth, the military advantage of frontage on the Persian Gulf, Pan-Arabism under Iraqi leadership, and a way to generate popular support in the wake of its defeat in the Iran-Iraq War.