Gulf Crisis

...The United States in particular was determined to take a firm stance as this was the first case of conflict resolution since the end of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, and four days after the invasion, the United Nations Security Council decided to impose economic sanctions against Iraq (Resolution 661) under the strong leadership of the United States, thoroughly forming international public opinion condemning Iraq, centered on the United Nations. The invasion itself did not involve large-scale fighting, but there were concerns that Iraq's annexation of Kuwait could overturn the stability of the entire Gulf region and the stable oil supply of developed Western countries, and as a result of the risk of an all-out military conflict between Iraq and developed Western countries, mainly the United States and the United Kingdom, the five and a half months leading up to the start of the war are referred to as the Gulf Crisis.
[Gulf War]
After the invasion, Iraq did not allow the remaining foreigners in Kuwait or Iraq to leave the country, which drew criticism from the international community as a hostage operation to avoid attacks by multinational forces. However, after the UN adopted a resolution authorizing the use of force (Resolution 678) in November, the remaining foreigners were released.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Gulf Crisis" is listed below.

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…特にアメリカは米ソ冷戦構造終結後の初めての紛争処理のケースとして断固たる姿勢で望み，侵攻の4日後には国連安保理でアメリカの強い主導のもと対イラク経済制裁(決議661)が決定されるなど，国連を中心としたイラク非難の国際世論形成が徹底された。侵攻自体は大規模な戦闘を伴わなかったが，イラクのクウェート併合によって湾岸地域全体の安定と欧米先進国の石油安定確保が覆される可能性が懸念され，アメリカ，イギリスを中心とした欧米先進国とイラクの間に軍事的全面衝突の危機が生じたことから，戦争開始までの5ヵ月半を〈湾岸危機Gulf Crisis〉と称する。
［湾岸戦争］
　侵攻後イラクはクウェートおよびイラク国内に残留する外国人の出国を認めず，多国籍軍の攻撃を回避するための〈人質〉作戦であるとして国際社会からの反発を受けたが，11月に武力行使容認決議(決議678)が国連で採択された後には残留外国人は解放された。…

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