The event which started the Gulf War in 1991 was a) the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. There were the largest amount of coalition forces during this war since World War II, with most of them being from the United States, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Egypt fighting for Iraq to immediately stop it's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.
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Although Muslims rarely forces other people to convert to Islam, most of the religious spread happened through military strength and conquest, which was the order of the day.
Because while their government says they are democratic, they are really fascist or strongmen governments
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