Emir of Kuwait at the White House

Washington, DC. Sept. 28-1990 The Emir of Kuwait Sheik Jaber III Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah speaks to the press on the South Lawn of the White House during visit after the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. The war is also known under other names, such as the Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, Kuwait War, or the First Iraq War, before the term "Iraq War" became identified instead with the 2003 Iraq War (also referred to in the U.S. as "Operation Iraqi Freedom"). Kuwait's invasion by Iraqi t (Photo by Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images)