Saddamiyat al-Mitla' (Arabic: قضاء صدامية المطلاع, lit.

[2] Whilst the rest of Kuwait was annexed as the 19th governorate of Iraq, the strategic northern part of Kuwait was annexed as the Saddamiyat al-Mitla' district as part of the Basrah Governorate.

[4] Apart from its oil resources, the district held most of the underground water sources of Kuwait.

[4] Iraqi media declared that a new city, also named Saddamiyat al-Mitla', would be built in the district.

[5] At the time there was speculation on whether the placing of the Saddamiyat al-Mitla' district in the Basrah Governorate rather than the Kuwait Governorate indicated that Iraq might have been ready to retreat from the rest of Kuwait but keep the northern areas.