Kuwait ↔ 2017 Gulf Crisis

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Kuwait is central to the 2017 Gulf Crisis context as it was a primary party involved in diplomatic negotiations [1], [2], and was the territory from which Saddam Hussein was expected to withdraw to resolve the conflict [3].

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The Persian Gulf TV War by Douglas Kellner (http://www.gseis.ucla ... pages.gseis.ucla.edu Douglas Kellner · UCLA 3 facts

accountA planned meeting between Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, intended to resolve the Gulf crisis, was announced on August 3, 1990, but failed to produce results.

claimEmery (1991) claims, based on interviews with King Hussein of Jordan and other Arab sources, that Saddam Hussein was prepared to negotiate a solution to the Gulf crisis and withdraw from Kuwait, but the United States blocked these early negotiation attempts.

accountAlgerian diplomats made a serious attempt at negotiation during the Gulf crisis, as some observers believed they were in a good position to resolve the situation because they were not closely allied with Iraq, Saudi Arabia, or Kuwait.