INDIA, being the largest and the most successful evacuation ever attempted by any country in the world, teaser of Airlift looks stunning. Watch it right here: Here is a proper timeline of events that unfolded and led to a successful operation homecoming mission 1. Saddam Hussein s Iraq in 1990 was in debt of the US because of the long-drawn Iran conflict that it had undertaken. 2. Iraq wanted Kuwait to reduce oil production, to create a scarcity of oil leading to increasing oil prices, thereby helping Iraq raise more money. But Kuwait refused, leaving Iraq furious. On August 2nd 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait (part of the first Gulf War). 3. The Iraqi army took over the city within a few hours. The Kuwaiti royal family managed to escape to Saudi Arabia, leaving the state rudderless. The city was looted and the general population subjugated and made to suffer great tragedies in the hands of the Iraqi army. 4. Kuwait was home to almost 170,000 Indians, all of who had suddenly becom
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