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On August 2, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait after U.S.A.’s Ambassador to Iraq told Saddam Hussein “the Kuwait issue is not associated with America.”
On July 25, 1990, U.S.A.’s Ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie, talked with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in his Presidential Palace:
Ambassador Glaspie:
“I have direct instructions from President Bush to improve our relations with Iraq. We have considerable sympathy for your quest for higher oil prices, the immediate cause of your confrontation with Kuwait. »→