No direct knowledge of this but ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Kuwait
On 25 July 1990, April Glaspie, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, asked the Iraqi high command to explain the military preparations in progress, including the massing of Iraqi troops near the border
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Glaspie also indicated to Saddam Hussein that the United States did not intend "to start an economic war against Iraq". These statements may have caused Saddam to believe he had received a diplomatic green light from the United States to invade Kuwait
Not finger pointing at the US, but there appears to have been some 'intelligence' out there.