Original: â With Saddam's seizure of Kuwait in August 1990 an United Nations coalition led by the United States drove Iraq's troops from Kuwait in February 1991.
Simplified: The U.S. helped Saddam Hussein in the war with Iran, but with Iraq's take over of the oil-rich emirate of Kuwait in August of 1990 the United States led a United Nations attempt that drove Saddam from Kuwait in February 1991.