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WESTWOO SECONDARY SCHOOLSOCIAL STUDIES

Managing Peace and Security

Name: ________________________ Class: _____________________ Date: _________________

Sample SEQ: (a) Explain how disputes over territories led to the outbreak of the Gulf War between Iraq and Kuwait in 1990.

Causes of conflict between Iraq and Kuwait !orsenin" relations#ip between t#e two countries

$actor Elaboration E%planation So #ow did it worsen t#e relations#ip&

Economic 'roblems:

istorical resentment(Iraqs Debt)

The historical enmity that existed between both sides was another

cause for the conflict. Iraq had all along considered Kuwait as part of

it. As such Iraq expected Kuwait to give in to its demands. Kuwait’s

refusal to give in to Iraq resulted in shock and anger.

As a result Iraq was even !ore a""ressive in

tr#in" to for$e Kuwait to "ive in to their de!ands.

%he result was a worsenin" of the relationship

between the two as Kuwait !i"ht have seen the

Iraqi a$tions as bull#in". %herefore the worsenin"

relationship between these two $ountries

$ontributed to the $onfli$t.

Economic 'roblems:

*+erproduction of *il

The final causes for the conflict was the overproduction of oil by

Kuwait. !ue to the IraqIran "ar# Iraq faced immense debts from the

war and the problems with rebuilding the country. $ale of oil was a

solution to the debt and the problems of rebuilding the country. %et#

Kuwait had increased its oil production# causing a drastic fall in oilprices.

%hus Iraq lost a lot of revenue due to the fall in oil

pri$es. Iraq was upset of Kuwait&s a$tions and saw

it as an e$ono!i$ war on Iraq. %hus this led to an

outbreak of war.

Prepared By: Ms Seleena Maidin 1

(b) Explain two other fa$tors that led to the outbreak of the Gulf War between Iraq and Kuwait in 1990.

Whi$h do #ou think is !ore si"nifi$ant' Wh#'





,erritorial Disputes:

-umaila *ilfield

A territorial dispute was over a profitable oilfield# the &umaila

oilfield. In '(()# Iraq accused Kuwait of stealing oil by drilling oil

from the Iraqi side using slantdrilling technology. Kuwait insistedthat they had taken the oil only from their side of the oil field.

When Kuwait refused to pa# $o!pensation and to

stop the drillin" Iraq felt that Kuwait was

unreasonable therefore dispute over these twoterritor# issues $aused the $onfli$t between Ira"ue

and Kuwait.

,erritorial Disputes:

.ubi/an and !arba#

Islands

*ne of the causes of the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait was the

claim over the +ubiyan annd "arbah Islands. These islands belonged

to Kuwait# but Iraq

wanted these islands as it would help Iraq gain access to the ,ersian

-ulf. The Iraqis even attempted to claim ownership of the islands

through force in the '()s and '(/)s. $ince '(/0# Iraq had even tried

to lease these territories.

Kuwait&s refusal to "rant this request worsened

the relationship between both sides as Iraq saw

Kuwait&s refusal as an atta$k on its national

interest.

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Managing Peace and SecurityName: ________________________ Class: _____________________ Date: _________________

Conflict between Iraq and Kuwait 7ttempts ta8en to resol+e t#e conflict

$actor Elaboration E%planation So was t#e attempt successful&

9ediation b/ t#e 7rab

ea"ue

Q: !#ic# cause is t#e most si"nificant factor& !#/&

The territorial dispute over territory was a necessary but insufficient causes for the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait. This is because territory dispute had

been going on for a long time and it did not result in the invasion of Kuwait.

$imilarly the historical enmity that exist has been going on for a long time and did not trigger the conflict.

Instead# the most significant cause could be the overproduction of oil because it resulted in worsening economic problems for Iraq. 1ompared to the loss ofrevenue from fall in oil prices# the territorial dispute and the historical enmity were not so threatening to Iraq’s survival at that time.

Thus the territorial dispute was to a small extent a cause for the conflict. The main cause for the conflict was the over production of oil which caused Iraq to

lost a lot of revenue and it saw the only way to solve it problem was to invade Kuwait. The overproduction of oil was the trigger that caused the conflict

between Iraq and Kuwait.

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THE INVASION

Iraq’s reasons for the invasion of Kuwait

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Position of theSaddam’s

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