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            15 Jun 90     Iraq begins talks concerning disputed border with Kuwait.

            17 Jul 90     Saddam Hussein denounces Kuwait for reducing oil prices by over-production, threatens
                          military action.

            18 Jul 90     Iraqi Foreign Minister accuses Kuwait of pumping Iraqi oil from disputed territory.
                          Iraq demands restitution.

            25 Jul 90     Iraqi and Kuwaiti officials will meet in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Approximately 100,000
                          Iraqi troops on border with Kuwait.

            31Jul 90      Iraqi and Kuwaiti officials meet in Jeddali. Iraq demands reparations for oil taken from
                          Rumaila oil field, lease or cession of Bubiyan Island, and forgiveness of war loans from
                          Kuwait.

            1 Aug 90      Iraq-Kuwait talks fail.

            2 Aug 90      Iraq invades Kuwait.

            3 Aug 90      Iraqi officer designated head of Kuwaiti provisional government.

            6 Aug 90      Iraq reinforces its troops in Kuwait.

            8 Aug 90      Iraq announces annexation of Kuwait.

            9 Aug 90      Iraq prohibits foreigners from leaving Kuwait and Iraq.

)           10 Aug 90     Saddam Hussein threatens to use hostages as human shields.

            12 Aug 90     Saddam Hussein states that he will withdraw from Kuwait if Israel evacuates West Bank,
                          Syria evacuates Lebanon, and U.S. and Egyptian forces evacuate Saudi Arabia.

            20 Aug 90     Iraq orders closing of foreign embassies in Kuwait by 24 Aug; announces that its foreign
                          "guests" will be moved to key facilities as "shields" against attack.

            23 Aug 90     Saddam Hussein holds televised visit with `guests."

            25 Aug 90     Iraq cuts off utilities to U.S. embassy in Kuwait. Saddam Hussein meets with Austrian
                          President Kurt Waldheim and releases Austrian hostages to him.

            27 Aug 90     Saddam Hussein announces that women and children "guests" will be released as of 29
                          Aug.

            10 Sep 90     Iraq restores diplomatic relations with Iran.

            14 Sep 90     Iraqi forces enter residence of French ambassador in Kuwait, seize four French nationals
                          temporarily.

            19 Sep 90     Iraq begins confiscating assets of foreigners whose governments have adhered to
                          sanctions against Iraq.

            21 Sep 90     Iraq has mined Kuwaiti oil properties.

            23 Sep 90     Saddam Hussein says that he will attack Saudi Arabia, Israel, and other countries if Iraq
                          is strangled by sanctions.


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