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* Start of the Gulf War |credits = |combatant1 = Iraq |combatant2 = Kuwait |commander1 = |commander2 = Jaber III |strength1 = 88,000〔(Al Moquatel )〕 |strength2 = Kuwaiti Army 16,000 Kuwaiti Air Force 2,200〔 Kuwaiti Navy 1,800〔 Kuwait National Guard Kuwait Police US contractors |casualties1 = 39 aircraft (est.). 295 killed, 361 wounded ≈120 tanks and other armored vehicles〔"سير العمليات العسكرية للغزو العراقي للكويت", Al Moqatel〕 4 ships sunk |casualties2 = 57 aircraft lost,〔House of Lords Judgments – Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Company and Others on 16 May2002, () UKHL 19〕 4,200 killed,〔(Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait; 1990 (Air War) ). Acig.org. Retrieved on 12 June 2011〕 12,000 captured ≈200 tanks destroyed/captured 850+ other armored vehicles destroyed/captured〔''Jane's Armour and Artillery 2003–2004''〕〔''Armies of the Gulf War'', Gordon L. Rottman, 1993, p.48,49〕〔Tanki v operacii "Shok i trepet", Aleksei Brusilov, Leonid Karyakin, Tankomaster 2003–08(Russian: Танки в операции «Шок и трепет», Алексей Брусилов, Леонид Карякин, Танкомастер 2003–08)〕 17 ships sunk, 6 captured〔سير العمليات العسكرية للغزو العراقي للكويت, Al Moqatel〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=IRAQ: NAVAL THREAT TO US FORCES. )〕〔المبحث الرابع, إعادة بناء القوات المسلحة لكل من دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي، بعد الحرب, Al Moquatel〕 }} The Invasion of Kuwait, also known as the Iraq–Kuwait War, was a major conflict between Ba'athist Iraq and the Emirate of Kuwait, which resulted in the seven-month-long Iraqi occupation of Kuwait, and subsequently led to direct military intervention by US-led forces in the Gulf War and the setting alight by Iraq of 600 Kuwaiti oil wells. In 1990 Iraq accused Kuwait of stealing Iraqi petroleum through slant drilling, although some Iraqi sources indicated Saddam Hussein's decision to attack Kuwait was made a few months before the actual invasion. Some feel there were several reasons for the Iraqi move, including Iraq's inability to pay more than US$80 billion that had been borrowed to finance the Iran–Iraq war, and Kuwaiti overproduction of petroleum which kept revenues down for Iraq. The invasion started on 2 August 1990, and within two days of intense combat, most of the Kuwait Armed Forces were either overrun by the Iraqi Republican Guard or fell back to neighboring Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The Emirate of Kuwait was annexed, and Saddam Hussein announced a few days later that it was the 19th province of Iraq. ==Dispute over the financial debt== When the Iran–Iraq War broke out, Kuwait initially stayed neutral and also tried mediating between Iran and Iraq. In 1982, Khomeini openly attempted exporting the Iranian Revolution to Kuwait. As a result, Kuwait supported Iraq in order to prevent Iranian hegemony in Kuwait. In 1982–1983, Kuwait began sending significant financial aid to Iraq. Kuwait's large-scale economic assistance to Iraq often triggered hostile Iranian actions against Kuwait. Iran repeatedly targeted Kuwaiti oil tankers in 1984 and fired weapons at Kuwaiti security personnel stationed on Bubiyan island in 1988.〔"Iran reportedly fires on Kuwaiti island", ''Lakeland Ledger'', 30 March 1988.〕 During the Iran–Iraq War, Kuwait functioned as Iraq's major port once Basra was shut down by the fighting. However, after the war ended, the friendly relations between the two neighbouring Arab countries turned sour for several economic and diplomatic reasons that culminated in an Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. By the time the Iran–Iraq War ended, Iraq was not in a financial position to repay the US$14 billion it borrowed from Kuwait to finance its war and requested that Kuwait forgive the debt. Iraq argued that the war had prevented the rise of Iranian hegemony in Kuwait. However, Kuwait's reluctance to pardon the debt created strains in the relationship between the two countries. During late 1989, several official meetings were held between the Kuwaiti and Iraqi leaders but they were unable to break the deadlock between the two. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Invasion of Kuwait」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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