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1990 "It was Saddam Hussein's easiest conquest—and the most dangerous one of all," Newsweek reported of the tyrant's maneuvering in the Middle East. "By ordering Iraqi troops to invade wealthy Kuwait, Saddam seized control of 20 percent of the world's reserves of oil," which marked the "first military crisis of the post-Cold War era," and made Saddam "the most potent force in the global oil market." The repercussions from this invasion are still felt today in the form of economic and trade sanctions and monitoring and inspections of weapons of mass destruction.