| Title: | Celt Notefile |
| Moderator: | TALLIS::DARCY |
| Created: | Wed Feb 19 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1632 |
| Total number of notes: | 20523 |
A question for the Historians amongst you. Does anyone know the
background to the establishment of the State/Kingdom of Kuwait.
When did it happen? What initiated it's seperation from Iraq?
Iraq's reaction at the time? Were there western/oil intrests involved?
Any relevant background information would be appreciated.
A curious M.
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| 792.1 | PRSSOS::MAILLARD | Denis MAILLARD | Tue Aug 14 1990 04:26 | 11 | |
Re .0: Murphy, you should have a look in recent notes in
STKCSC::HISTORY, the subject is quite extensively covered. But I just
want to make a remark first, which is that Kuwait has NOT been
separated from Iraq. It existed long before Iraq. In fact it has been a
British protectorate from 1716 to 1961, while Iraq only came into
existence after WWI (before that Iraq was in fact several provinces of
the Ottoman empire). And the origin of the inhabitants of the two
countries is quite different. Iraq has already tried to annex Kuwait in
1961 and in 1971 (or 73, I don't remember exactly) and was prevented to
do it by British interventions in both occasions.
Denis.
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| 792.2 | PENUTS::KSULLIVAN | Tue Aug 14 1990 10:33 | 4 | ||
Thank you. For those intrested the note in HISTORY is 213.
A more informed M.
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