Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waAugust 1, 1990, Mutungamiriri weIraq Saddam Hussein
akatumira mauto eIraq anopinda muKuwait yakavakidzana nayo, nyika duku yakapfuma mumafuta iyo Iraq yakagara ichiti yaiva rutivi rwenyika yayo. Kupinda uku kwakaparira kuvamba kweHondo yePersian Gulf uye kwakaunza kutsoropodzwa kwenyika yose. Mauto eIraq anofungidzirwa kuva 140 000 akakurumidza kudzora Kuwait City ndokuenda kumuganhu weSaudi Arabia neKuwait. United States yakanga yatotanga kugadzira gadziriro dzokukurumidzira dzokudzivirira kweSaudi Arabia neU.S. Central Command, inotungamirirwa naGeneral Norman Schwarzkopf, nemhaka yezvakachengetwa zvayo zvinokosha zvepetroleum.