... , and Gulf ports that he desperately needs. Kuwait can be easily taken with Saddam's 100,000 troops against Kuwait's puny and under experienced force of 20,000 defenders (). With the Arab nations recognizing this threat they called upon Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to reach a peaceful agreement and they did so in favor of Iraq. Saddam Hussein then told the ... over ten years later he is still in power with much control to our dismay. The army of Saddam did not oust him; however, they did focus their attention against Shiite Muslim rebels of the south of Iraq and l...

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