Opération Busiris

The Busiris Operation was the participation of France in the reinforcement of the Emirati military while a possible invasion Iraq was feared during the  First Gulf War, in 1990-1991.

Historical context
In 1990, Iraq officially accused Kuwait of stealing Iraqi oil by oblique drilling and moved troops in as part of an invasion that some Iraqi sources indicate Saddam Hussein's developed months before the invasion. Gregory F. Gause, The International Politics of the Gulf, Oxford: The University Press. pp. 263-274. ISBN 0-19-926963-7. . Several unofficial reasons have been put forward to justify the Iraqi invasion: Iraq's inability to repay the $ 80 billion that had been borrowed from Kuwait to finance the Iran-Iraq war and Kuwait's overproduction of oil, which has caused revenue declines for Iraq Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait; 1990, accessed December 29, 2011.

The Iraqi Army. On 3 August 1990, the UN Security Council adopted  resolution 660 condemning the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and demanding that Iraq unconditionally withdraw all forces deployed in Kuwait, but Iraq refused to do so United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 (Condemning the Invasion of Kuwait by Iraq), SC res. 660, 45 U.N. SCOR at 19, U.N. Doc. S / RES / 660 (1990)., Accessed December 29, 2011 .