I recall coming across a CIA document not that long ago discussing, during the 1960s, the increased perception and worry that Iraq would attempt to invade Kuwait. Iraq had, pre-1991 invasion, long standing claims of Kuwait as Iraqi territory. Depending on the year of invasion, the British would have been required to intervene, and when it looked like Iraq may have invaded, Britain did prepare to intervene. When Iraqi Prime Minister Qasim was killed in a coup, Iraq reaffirmed Kuwait's sovereignty, though border clashes continued throughout the 60s and 70s and Iraq continued as a potential threat to Kuwait all the way up to its invasion in the 1990s.
What if fears had been realized, and Iraq invaded Kuwait in the 1960s, embroiling very likely the United Kingdom and possibly Saudi Arabia?
EDIT:
I found the entry
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-...udies/studies/fall_winter_2001/article03.html
What if fears had been realized, and Iraq invaded Kuwait in the 1960s, embroiling very likely the United Kingdom and possibly Saudi Arabia?
EDIT:
I found the entry
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-...udies/studies/fall_winter_2001/article03.html