The Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait and Its Impact on Iraqi Kurdistan (1992 – 1990 )

Abstract

The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait is an important event in the history of contemporary Iraq in general and the Kurdish issue in particular, and the accompanying developments at the political and military levels, as well as the internal and external influences that were associated with this event. Iraq has entered a new phase that is radically different from what preceded it, affecting it negatively at all levels. The most important characteristic of that stage is the state of weakness that accompanied the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait and coincided with the loss of central authority for fourteen Iraqi provinces out of a total of eighteen, after the massive popular uprisings in the south and north of the country ravaged the regime and almost led to its change except for the international will. Then, the emergence of an independent Kurdish entity in the north of the country outside the hands of the central authority in Baghdad