Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1990, Iraq yakapinda
muvakidzani waro muduku, Kuwait, uye mauto eU.S. akakurumidza kutumirwa kuti avimbise kudzivirirwa kweSaudi Arabia. Muna January 1991 Operation Desert Storm yakatanga, mubatanidzwa waitungamirirwa neU.S. uyo wakashandisa varwi vanopfuura 500 000, vazhinji vavo vaibva mumapoka eU.S. Army, kudzinga mauto eIraq. Mushandirapamwe wacho wakapera mukukunda kwakakwana, sezvo masimba emubatanidzwa wokuMadokero akaparadza Hondo yeIraq. Hondo dzematangi dzakakura zvikurusa munhau dzakaitika mukati mehondo yeGulf. Hondo yeMedina Ridge, Hondo yeNorfolk uye Hondo ye73 Easting hondo dzematangi dzaikosha munhoroondo.