Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mafungiro okushanduka-shanduka akanga ari chiratidzo chenguva yacho muIraq nomuMiddle East yose. MuIraq vanopfuurira mberi uye vezvematongerwe enyika vakarwisa vakuru vakuru vezvematongerwe enyika (vakuru vakuru venguva yekoloni uye varidzi venyika, vatengesi vakapfuma nemachinda edzinza, uye vanorwira umambo). Uyezve, urudzi hwechiArabhu hwose hwaGamal Abdel Nasser muEgypt hwakapesvedzera zvikuru vaduku veBa'athist vakaita saSaddam. Kumuka kwaNasser kwakaratidzira mafungu ezvematongerwe enyika muMiddle East yose muma1950 nema1960, nokuparara kwemadzimambo eIraq, Egypt, neLibya. Nasser akafuridzira vezvematongerwe enyika muMiddle East yose nokurwisana navaBritain navaFrance mukati me
Dambudziko reSuez ra1956, rakavandudza Egipita, ndokubatanidza nyika dzechiArab mune zvematongerwe enyika.