Kuwaiti mujahideen

Kuwaiti mujahideen
Leader	Osama bin Laden
Dates of operation	1990
Motives	To expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait, eventually overthrow the Iraqi government and establish an Islamic state
Ideology	Salafi jihadism
Status	Proposed by Osama bin Laden in 1990, rejected by Saudi Arabia
Size	100,000
Opponents	Ba'athist Iraq  United States

The Kuwaiti mujahideen were a group of 100,000 Al-Qaeda militants intended to fight Iraqi troops in Kuwait during the Gulf War. The Saudi government rejected the Kuwaiti mujahideen and opted instead for American troops, which caused Osama bin Laden to oppose the Saudi monarchy and begin directing attacks on the United States.