Cika wannan jumla: 'Yan sa'o'i bayan ziyarar da jakadan Bishop ya kai wa Babban Ofishin,
Iraki ta mamaye Kuwait. A cikin 1979, Amurka ta yi shawarwari game da samun damar zuwa tashar jirgin sama da tashar jiragen ruwa a Mogadishu da Berbera; saboda iyakancewar damar da Amurka ke da ita zuwa wurare a yankin Tekun Fasha, kiyaye wannan damar ita ce babbar sha'awa ga ofishin jakadancin Mogadishu don bi yayin da Amurka ta tattara don shiga tsakani a Kuwait. Kodayake, Amurka ba ta da wani karfi ba kuma ba ta amfani da kayan aikin Somalia don tallafawa Operation Desert Shield.