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The Annexation of Kuwait

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Tal Afar

Fallujah

This map of Iraq shows the location of its major cities, as well as the country’s bor- ders with Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Turkey—all of which were important allies of the United States in 1990.

World leaders immediately condemned the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. On August 3, in a special meeting room inside the United Nations build- ing in New York City, representatives of 15 nations held an emergency ses- sion. The representatives were members of the U.N. Security Council, a powerful branch of the organization charged with maintaining world peace and security. The Security Council’s rulings, known as resolu-