neighbor. >> he has moved part of his one million man army to kuwait. he claims kuwait stabbed iraq in the back way overproducing the oil. >> then on august 2nd 1990 the iraqi strong man struck. capturing kuwait with overwhelming force. the united states drew a line in the sand massing soldiers in saudi arabia to halt iraq's march. at sea, an embargo choke off the flow of goods. hussein threatened. >> i shall say that whoever collides with iraq will find in front of him columns of dead bodies. >> it is truly iraq against a majority in the arab world, iraq against the rest of the world. >> months of careful diplomacy led to a 45-day deadline set by the u.n. security council,