. "The Invasion of Kuwait, also known as the Iraq\u2013Kuwait War, was a major conflict between Ba'athist Iraq and the Emirate of Kuwait, which resulted in the seven-month-long Iraqi occupation of Kuwait, and subsequently led to direct military intervention by US-led forces in the Gulf War and the setting alight by Iraq of 600 Kuwaiti oil wells.In 1990 Iraq accused Kuwait of stealing Iraqi petroleum through slant drilling, although some Iraqi sources indicated Saddam Hussein's decision to attack Kuwait was made a few months before the actual invasion. "@en . "* Start of theGulf War" . "*" . "Kuwait Police" . "Kuwait National Guard" . "Iraq" . "Decisive Iraqi victory" . "\u2248120 tanks and other armored vehicles" . "Kuwait" . "*Iraqi-backed puppet state installed" . "4 ships sunk" . "Kuwaiti Army16,000" . "Kuwaiti Air Force2,200" . "295 killed, 361 wounded" . "Invasion of Kuwait"@en . "88,000" . . . "39 aircraft (est.)." . "Kuwaiti Navy1,800" . . "Kuwaiti resistance movement formed" . "1990-08-04Z"^^ . "UScontractors" . .