Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Gwamnatin Saddam Hussein ta nemi a hade yankuna da dama. A cikin yakin Iran da Iraqi, Saddam ya yi iƙirarin cewa Iraqi na da 'yancin riƙe ikon mallakar gabar gabashin kogin Shatt al-Arab da Iran ke riƙe. A hukumance Iraki ta amince da sasantawa don riƙe iyakar a tsakiyar tsakiyar kogin a cikin Yarjejeniyar Algiers ta 1975 a musayar Iran don kawo karshen goyon bayanta ga 'yan tawayen Kurdawa a Iraki. Rushewar masarautar Iran da kuma hauhawar Ruhollah Khomeini zuwa mulki a 1979 ya lalata dangantakar Iran da Iraqi kuma bayan rikice-rikicen kabilanci a cikin Khuzestan da rikice-rikicen kan iyaka tsakanin sojojin Iran da na Iraqi, Iraki ta dauki Yarjejeniyar Algiers a matsayin mara inganci kuma ta soke ta kuma bayan 'yan kwanaki sojojin Iraqi sun kaddamar da cikakken mamayewa na Iran wanda ya haifar da yakin Iran-Irak. Bugu da kari, Saddam ya goyi bayan kungiyar 'yanci ta Ahwaz da ke kasar Iraki da kuma burin su na raba yankin da suke da'awar Ahwaz daga Iran, a cikin imanin cewa wannan yunkuri zai tayar da Larabawa na Khuzestan don tallafawa mamayar Iraqi. A cikin Yakin Gulf,
Iraki ta mamaye kuma ta haɗu da Kuwait kafin ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwar soja ta duniya da ta goyi bayan maido da ikon mallakar Kuwait ta kore ta.