Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan an yi kawance da Iraki a lokacin yakin Iran-Iraq (galibi saboda son kariyar Iraki daga Iran), an mamaye Kuwait
kuma ya haɗu da Iraki (a ƙarƙashin Saddam Hussein) a watan Agusta 1990. Babban hujjojin Hussein sun hada da zargin cewa yankin Kuwait a zahiri lardin Iraqi ne, kuma cewa hadewar ramuwar gayya ce ga "yakin tattalin arziki" da Kuwait ta yi ta hanyar hakowa a cikin wadatar man fetur na Iraqi. An yi watsi da mulkin mallaka bayan haɗuwa, kuma an sanya gwamnan Iraqi.