During the invasion, the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council stated that it had sent troops into the State of Kuwait in order to assist an internal coup d'état initiated by "Kuwaiti revolutionaries."
在入侵期间，伊拉克革命指挥会议（英语：Revolutionary Command Council (Iraq)）宣称已派遣军队进入科威特，以协助“科威特革命者”的一次内部政变。