Kuwaiti Liberation Day

Liberation day -26 February- is an important day for each Kuwaiti. 

In 26 February 1991 Kuwait liberated from Iraqi invasion which lasted 7 months. In the early hours of August 2, 1990, more than 100,000 Iraqi troops moved tanks, helicopters and trucks across the border into Kuwait. Within an hour they reached Kuwait City, and by daybreak, Iraqi tanks were attacking Dasman Palace, the royal residence. The amir had already fled to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but his private guard and his younger half brother, Sheik Faud al–Ahmad al–Sabah, had stayed behind to defend their home. The sheik was shot and killed!! and according to an Iraqi soldier who deserted after the assault, his body was placed in front of a tank and run over.
It was Saddam’s idea alone to invade Kuwait. He had gambled that he could get away with control the small rich country to help pay off debts. But he had misread the interests of the international community and the United States in a stable Middle East. After the invasion, Saddam defied orders to retreat and the U.N. imposed sanctions. After months of deliberations and with U.N. support, the United States and international Coalition forces launched a full–scale air and missile attack on Iraq on January 16, 1991. A ground assault followed a month later, and Saddam’s troops were quickly forced out of Kuwait. The United Nations declared an end to the war on April 11, 1991. 

Kuwait Towers from inside