Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 2 ga watan Agustan 1990, sojojin Iraqi
sun mamaye Kuwait suna kwace filayen mai da babban birnin saboda rikice-rikicen yanki, zargin keta haddin OPEC, da kuma bashin da Iraki ke bin Kuwait. Kasashen duniya da Amurka sun yi watsi da mamayar nan da nan. A ranar 5 ga watan Agusta, 1990, sai Shugaba Bush ya kira harin "matsanancin zalunci", kuma cewa "wannan ba zai tsaya ba". A ranar 6 ga watan, Saudiyya ta ba Amurka izinin tura dakarun soji a kasarsu kuma Pentagon ya fara abin da zai zama Operation Desert Shield a cikin sa'o'i.