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This is an excerpt from a speech Iraqi President Saddam Hussein gave to the Kuwaiti people. He explains why Iraq invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990. We are saying what we are saying not out of weakness or as a tactic to an illegitimate end but to clarify facts as we see them . . . On that basis, we apologize to God for any action that may anger the Almighty if such an action took place in the past, unbeknownst to us but considered to be our responsibility, and to you [Kuwaitis] we apologize on this basis as well. O, you brothers, what we wish for is what we are working to achieve for your brothers in Iraq: to live free, without foreign control of your destiny, will, decisions, wealth, present and future. . . . Our behavior was prompted by so many actions starting with the joint military maneuvers in October 1989 in Kuwait under the auspices of the Americans. Then Gen. [H. Norman] Schwarzkopf, in February 1990, said that there was a need to increase the American presence in the Gulf area . . . and then [Kuwait’s] lowering the prices of crude oil despite OPEC’s warning. . . . For those and other reasons, it was clear to us that danger for Iraq was in the offing and that it could not be solved through political channels. Therefore, under the framework of self-protection and protecting everything that is dear, the events of Aug. 2, 1990, took place. –Speech to the Kuwaiti people, Saddam Hussein, president of Iraq What reasons does Hussein offer for Iraq invading Kuwait? Choose three correct answers. to obtain freedom for Kuwaitis to obtain more territory for Iraq in response to American military maneuvers in Kuwait in response to the American invasion of Kuwait in response to Kuwait lowering oil prices

Answer 1

A. to obtain freedom for Kuwaitis

C. in response to American military maneuvers in Kuwait

E. in response to Kuwait lowering oil prices

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Answer 2

What reasons does Hussein offer for Iraq invading Kuwait?

Choose three correct answers

Hussein offers three reasons for Iraq's invasion of Kuwait:

• in response to American military maneuvers in Kuwait,
• in response to the American invasion of Kuwait,
• and in response to Kuwait lowering oil prices.

He explains that the American actions, such as increasing their military presence in the Gulf area and Kuwait lowering oil prices, posed a danger to Iraq and could not be solved through political channels, so they invaded Kuwait in order to protect themselves and what was dear to them.