On 14 April , the guided missile frigate struck Attack a mine while deployed Arranging in the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Earnest Will , the 1987–88 convoy missions in which U.S. warships escorted Sending reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers to protect Defending them from Iranian attacks Attack .

Operation Vigilant Sentinel 's response Response quickly convinced Convincing Saddam Hussein to withdraw Escaping his forces from the Kuwaiti border .

Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud head of the clan requested Request supplies Supply and men from the Kuwaiti Emir to retake Conquering his home town .

The Kuwaiti prince , who was also involved Cause_to_be_included in several wars Hostile_encounter with Rashidis , acceded Agree_or_refuse_to_act to Ibn Saud 's request Request and gave Giving him horses and arms .

These events came to be known as the first Gulf War and resulted in Causation the expulsion of Iraqi forces from Kuwait and the Iraqis setting 600 Kuwaiti oil wells on fire during their retreat .

Some feel there were several reasons for the Iraqi move , including Iraq 's inability to pay Commerce_pay the more than US $ 14 billion that it had borrowed to finance the Iran–Iraq War , and Kuwaiti high petroleum production levels which kept revenues down for Iraq .