Cika jumla mai zuwa:
Iraqi mamaye Kuwait a ranar 2 ga Agusta, 1990, hadin gwiwar sojojin Yammacin Turai da aka tura don kare Kuwait da Saudi Arabiya daga Ba'athist Iraq. Yayin da yakin Gulf na Farisa ya samu nasarar 'yantar da Kuwait, da yawa daga cikin shugabannin soji da' yan siyasar Amurka sun yi kira ga mamaye Iraqi gaba daya don maye gurbin shugaban Iraqi Saddam Hussein da kuma kawar da mulkinsa. Duk da haka, Shugaba Bush ya yanke shawara a karshe a kan cikakken mamayewar Iraki.