Troops retreating [emphasize] away from this country were bombed along the so-called "Highway of Death."
It's not Lebanon, but CIA officer William Buckley was kidnapped in response to this country's threat to execute Mustafa Badreddine ("BOD-red-DEEN"). Seven bombings were coordinated in this country by this country's so-called "17" including members of the militant Da‘wa group and Hezbollah. Britain launched Operation Vantage to protect this country from Abd al-Karim Qasim's attempted annexation, which occurred after it ceased being a British protectorate in 1961. Troops retreating [emphasize] away from this country were bombed along the so-called "Highway of Death." From 1977 until 2006 death, this country was ruled by Sheikh Jaber al-Sabah, who was assisted in repelling a foreign incursion by a coalition force led by Norman Schwarzkopf. For 10 points, name this country that Saddam Hussein invaded to start the First Gulf War.
It's not Lebanon, but CIA officer William Buckley was kidnapped in response to this country's threat to execute Mustafa Badreddine ("BOD-red-DEEN").
(State of) Kuwait &lt;Other History&gt;