What makes Kuwait popular? Well maybe it's being small and very rich, as it literally floats in oil (oil to be around 10% of world reserves). And maybe because it was the only country invaded in this modern era by Iraq, but was eventually recaptured by a U.S. led, UN coalition forces. With the use of modern armaments of war, several weeks of torrid bombardment, and four days of ground assault was all enough to drive the Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
Kuwait had been the bastion of the Al-Sabah dynasty since 1899 and it was the British who stood for the defense of the kingdom until it was granted full independence in 1961. The invasion of Iraq on August 1990 and the eventual liberation on February 23, 1991 cost the Kuwaiti government 5billion dollars to repair oil infrastructure damaged during the war.
Kuwait is a constitutional monarchy with the Al-Sabah family as perpetual rulers, but since returning to power in 1991 it has followed the path of Parliamentary democracy. It had established an elected legislature that in recent years had become actively assertive, particularly on the directions the government is pursuing.
Like any independent state, the
Kuwaiti National Flag is the primary emblem, of Pan-Arab colors with black symbolizing the defeat of the enemy, red is for the blood on the Kuwaiti swords, white is for purity and green represents the fertile land. The Iraqi
custom flag used until 1959 may have influenced the black trapezium on the hoist side.
The country is flat and arid, but is rich in oil a commodity that makes it attractive to immigrants. The Kuwaiti Arabs only makes-up a third of the population while the rest are all immigrants.
by:
The Flagman
