Persuasive speech

Bader Alrashidi

HCOM 100

Mr. TOOMEY

Title: A Presentation on

The Invasion of Kuwait

Thesis Statement: The Iraqi invasion on Kuwait had a huge impact on Kuwait’s past and future.

Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about what did happen to Kuwait in 1990 and 1991.

Introduction
Reasons behind Iraqi Invasion:

Kuwait and Iraq shared many problems in the past.

Iraqis thought that Kuwait belongs to them, and they wanted it back.

Kuwait is one of the richest countries in the world and it also have a large oil deposit.

Thesis Statement

The Iraqi invasion on Kuwait had a huge impact on Kuwait’s past and future.

Preview

Why did Iraq invade Kuwait, how did it happen, and what did they do to Kuwait when they invaded it.

Kuwait was liberated by the help of it’s allies.

Kuwait lost a lot from the war, and also gained a lot from it.

The Invasion
Saddam Husain invaded Kuwait because he thought that Kuwait was originally part of Iraq, and he also presumed that Kuwait was stealing oil from Iraq.
On 2nd August 1990, More than 100,000 Iraqi soldiers backed up by 700 tanks invaded Kuwait.
Kuwait became part of Iraq in one day, they controlled everything in Kuwait, “Hospitals, Police stations, even the streets”

CNN Reports 1st Day of Invasion on Kuwait

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The Liberation
Many countries gave Kuwaitis’ shelter and food in that time.
The Allies, Saudi Arabia, USA, UK, Egypt, and others sent their armies to get Kuwait back to it’s people.
On 26th of February 1991 Kuwait was liberated after four days of fighting with the Iraqi army.
A Kuwait M-84 tank during the Invasion

The Effect of war in Kuwait
Many Kuwaitis were killed and more than 1000 are still missing.
Kuwait lost a huge amount of oil. “Iraqi forces set fire to more than 700 Kuwaiti oil wells” (Johns)
Kuwaitis knew that help would be there when they need it. The Allied coalition was made up of 39 countries. (CNN)
Aerial view of oil wells on fire

Conclusion

Summary Statement

This war is unforgettable, because not only it had a huge impact on Kuwait or Iraq, but also it had an impact on the entire world.
Kuwait lost many of its citizens and a lot of money from this war.

References
“BBC ON THIS DAY | 2 | 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait.” BBC News – Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2013. .
Johns, Dave. “FRONTLINE/WORLD . Iraq – Saddam’s Road to Hell – A journey into the killing fields . PBS.” PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2013. .
Karadsheh, Jomana. “Tensions remain, 20 years after Gulf War – CNN.com.” CNN.com – Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News. N.p., 16 Jan. 2011. Web. 22 Oct. 2013. .
Library, CNN. “Gulf War Fast Facts – CNN.com.” CNN.com – Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2013. .

[First Slide]

Hello everyone, I am Bader Alrashidi, studying HCOM 100 under Mr. Toomey’s guidance. It is a pleasure to see you in this fine morning.

Today I am going to talk about the Invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, which happened in the middle of 1990, and has a great impact in world history.

The specific purpose behind choosing this topic is to inform my audience about what did happen to Kuwait in 1990 and 1991, the impact of war in Kuwait, and the reasons behind the invasion. The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait had a huge impact on Kuwait’s past and future, which completely changed the course of history of Kuwait. Let’s begin our journey by focusing on the reasons behind the war.

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We will begin with the introduction; first let’s try to think of the reasons those lead to the war.

They are, firstly, Kuwait and Iraq shared many a problems in the past. Ever since Kuwaiti independence in 1961, the Iraqi governments hunted various opportunities to occupy and take control over Kuwait.

Secondly, the Iraqi administration was never been able to recognize Kuwait as a separate state, so they always wanted to settle with Kuwait. This cause roots back to 1921, when Kuwait was separated from Iraqi land by British authorities.

Thirdly, having a lot of oil reserve, Kuwait is one of the richest countries in the world. In this present economy, oil is the key to power, thus every country wants to get hold of as much oil as possible in every ethical and unethical way, that is also another reason for Iraq to invade Kuwait.

Here we come to the thesis statement once more, The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait had a huge impact on Kuwait’s past and future.

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Here we will try to get a preview of the whole scenario.

First, we need to think, why did Iraq invade Kuwait, then we will focus on how did it happen, and after the invasion of Kuwait, what the Iraqis did to Kuwaiti administration, it’s people and economy.

Secondly, Kuwait was liberated in a very short time by taking help from its friendly countries.

Like in every war, there were a lot of destinies, destructions and loss of money, Kuwait also lost a lot from the war, but also gained a lot from it.

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Let’s begin by talking about the invasion, it was a surprise move from Saddam Husain because no one thought that he would go this far.

Saddam Husain invaded Kuwait because he thought that Kuwait was originally part of Iraq.

In 1990, Iraq accused Kuwait of stealing Iraqi oil through slant drilling, thus the mutual relations between these two countries got even more heated up.

On the second of August 1990 More than 100,000 Iraqi soldiers backed up by 700 tanks invaded Kuwait, and within two days of intense combat, most of the Kuwaiti Armed Forces were either overrun by the or escaped, and Hussein announced in a few days that Kuwait was the 19th province of Iraq.

After the invasion, they controlled everything in Kuwait like, Hospitals, Police stations, and even the streets.

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Lets take a look at this video clip from CNN, which was filmed during the first day of the invasion.

The video will give idea about the intense firing, heavy weapons and the brutality of the war.

After we have known about the Invasion in detail, let’s move to the liberation.

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Kuwait asked for help from its supporters, so it can gain freedom again.

The confederation was consisted of the countries that were officially opposed to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, USA, UK, Egypt, and a lot more countries helped Kuwait by giving Kuwaitis shelter and food in that difficult time.

On 26th of February 1991 Kuwait was liberated, taking help from allies after four days of fighting with the Iraqi army.

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Now lets talk about how did the war affect Kuwait.

As I mentioned earlier, Kuwait lost and gained many a things from this war.

On the bad side, Many Kuwaities were killed and more than 1000 Citizens and army personnel are still missing from the war.

Kuwait lost a huge amount of oil during the invasion, when Iraqi army invaded the country, they set fire to more than 700 Kuwaiti oil wells, that caused a very lousy hit in Kuwait’s Economy.

On the brighter side of things, Kuwaitis knew that help would be there when they need it. The United confederation was made up of 39 countries, consisting USA, UK, Turkey, Egypt, France, Saudi Arabia, Syria and many others.

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We will now like to call off our little presentation by summarizing the content we have discussed so far.

We can say that people will never forget this war because not only it had a huge impact on Kuwait or Iraq, but also it had an impact on the entire world. Kuwait lost a lot of people and a lot of money from this war.

But on the better side, Kuwait was able to recover its land with active help from its allies.

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Here is the list of references I used to create this short presentation.

You can find the associated web addresses in each reference.

A lot of material was collected from CNN and BBC reports, other sources are also used.

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Thank you people for your patience, you are the best audience anyone can expect.

You can ask any questions that might have come into your mind during the presentation.

Wait for questions.

Thanks Everybody.

Have a great day!

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