Foreign nationals held by Iraq during the 1990–1991 Gulf crisis

In the wake of its invasion of Kuwait in early August 1990, Iraq took hundreds of foreign nationals—primarily Americans and citizens of other countries—as hostages, holding them in Kuwait and Iraq for several months. It subsequently declared Kuwait its 19th province and ordered more than 60 diplomatic missions in Kuwait to close by 24 August and relocate their personnel to Baghdad.

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Foreign nationals held by Iraq during the 1990–1991 Gulf crisis

In the wake of its invasion of Kuwait in early August 1990, Iraq took hundreds of foreign nationals—primarily Americans and citizens of other countries—as hostages, holding them in Kuwait and Iraq for several months. It subsequently declared Kuwait its 19th province and ordered more than 60 diplomatic missions in Kuwait to close by 24 August and relocate their personnel to Baghdad.

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