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In August of 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait and claimed it to be a rightful province of Iraq. Iraq claimed that Kuwait was producing more oil than it said it would under agreements reached by OPEC, thus lowering the price of oil around the globe and thus damaging Iraq's economy. Kuwait was liberated, by a large U.N. force, in about 100 hour after the fighting began on January 17th, 1991. Much of Kuwait City was destroyed or badly damaged during Iraq's occupation, and many atrocities were commited against the Kuwaiti people by the Iraqi Army. Kuwait has rebuilt since the invasion and is still a prosperous and wealthy nation despite these events. I was unable to find any ruins or memorials left in Kuwait City from these events.