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The invasion of Kuwait

Thousands of Iraqi troops and tanks began pouring into Kuwait on 2 August 1990. The tiny,oil-rich Gulf state was immediately taken over by Saddam Hussein's military.

Thousands of Iraqi troops and tanks began pouring into Kuwait on 2 August 1990. The tiny, oil-rich Gulf state was immediately taken over by Saddam Hussein's military. Sumaya Bakhsh has spoken to Sami al-Alawi who joined the Kuwaiti underground resistance trying to free the country.

Photo: Soldiers shelter behind a tank during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on August 2nd 1990. Credit: REUTERS.

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