Bush faced new tensions in the Middle East when attacked Kuwait in 1990. The conflict started between the two countries over the repayment of loans and claims of . The US and built a coalition. The war ended with a cease-fire in 1991. In , the second Persian Gulf War started.

Iraq and Kuwait clashed over repayment of loans and Iraq’s claim that Kuwait was taking oil from the Rumaila oil field across their shared border. The choice “stolen oil” completes that part of the passage. The later reference to the second Persian Gulf War points to 2003, but that year is not one of the choices.

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