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BBC News | MIDDLE EAST | Flashback: Invasion of Kuwait Baghdad had justified their invasion of Kuwait - a monarchy with only an extremely limited parliamentary franchise - in terms of supporting a popular revolution in the country.

Initial communiques from Baghdad spoke of organising elections, and then withdrawing.

Iraq's ambassador to the United States, Mohammed al-Mashat, delivered a promise that it would not be long before the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait took effect.

The Iraqi forces will be withdrawn as soon as the situation has settled down, and as soon as the free government of Kuwait has so wished
Iraq's ambassador to the US Mohammed al-Mashat
"The Iraqi forces will be withdrawn as soon as the situation has settled down, and as soon as the free government of Kuwait has so wished. We hope that this will be a matter of a few days, or a few weeks at the latest", the ambassador told Washington.