Question

analyzing an iraqi perspective on the invasion of kuwait
this is an excerpt from a speech iraqi president saddam hussein gave to the kuwaiti people. he explains why iraq invaded kuwait on aug. 2, 1990.
we are saying what we are saying not out of weakness or as a tactic to an illegitimate end but to clarify facts as we see them... on that basis, we apologize to god for any action that may anger the almighty if such an action took place in the past, unbeknownst to us but considered to be our responsibility, and to you kuwaitis we apologize on this basis as well. o, you brothers, what we wish for is what we are working to achieve for your brothers in iraq: to live free, without foreign control of your destiny, will, decisions, wealth, present and future.
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our behavior was prompted by so many actions starting with the joint military maneuvers in october 1989 in kuwait under the auspices of the americans. then gen. h. norman schwarzkopf, in february 1990, said that
what reasons does hussein offer for iraq invading kuwait? choose three correct answers.
□ to obtain freedom for kuwaitis
□ to obtain more territory for iraq
□ in response to american military maneuvers in kuwait
□ in response to the american invasion of kuwait
□ in response to kuwait lowering oil prices

Explanation:

1. The speech states Hussein frames the invasion as bringing "freedom, without foreign control" to Kuwaitis, matching the first option.
2. He explicitly cites "joint military maneuvers in October 1989 in Kuwait under the auspices of the Americans" as a prompting action, matching the third option.
3. While not fully shown in the excerpt, this was a core stated Iraqi grievance at the time, and the other remaining options are factually incorrect (the U.S. did not invade Kuwait before Iraq's action, and territory expansion was not cited in this excerpt).

Answer:

• to obtain freedom for Kuwaitis
• in response to American military maneuvers in Kuwait
• in response to Kuwait lowering oil prices