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             After Iraq threatened international safety during Desert Storm, many sanctions have been placed on Iraq by the United States. Weather or not these sanctions are beneficial or not is a debatable question. Although I feel these sanctions are necessary, they are also not beneficial in many aspects. To fully analyze this controversy, an understanding of the history, sanctions and it's effects, and possible restorations are needed. Due to the prevalence of this topic, many reputable historians and critics have voiced their opinions in journals and newspapers for years. This issue still exists and must be dealt with in the next few years. The future of this complex problem is still in question due to the many factors which are involved.
             Iraq has been a "chronically troubled part of the world" (Gross,203) for the last decade. Iraq, Kuwait and Saudia Arabia are the leading oil countries in the world. Being that oil is an expensive and valuable product, there has been a lot of trauma during the last fifteen years. This is mostly due to the fact that wherever there is money, there is greed and war. Operation Desert Storm was so crucial because of the sophisticated technology which was used to end the war in a quick a timely manner.
             In 1979, Saddam Hussein took over control of Iraq and immediately set the tone for his rule by killing over a dozen of his cabinet members. Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990 and in less than four hours had taken Kuwait and controlled 24% of the world's oil supplies. At the time, it seemed as though his next target was Saudi Arabia. This was when the United States entered, after a call for protection by Saudi Arabia. The United States set a deadline, January 15, 1991 for all Iraq forces to be out of Kuwait, but Saddam ignored the deadline. That triggered Desert Shield, or the build – up of troops in the region and eventually lead to Desert Storm, an all out attack to fr...

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