Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Iraq yakanga yarwa hondo yakareba uye inodhura neIran uye yakanga ine mari shoma zvikuru. Yakanga yakatsamwiswa neKuwait ichibetsera kuwanda kwezvokudya uye kunonzi kupomba mafuta kubva mumunda weRumaila pasi pemuganhu wavo pamwe chete. Iraq yakapinda muKuwait muna 1990
, vachironga kuwedzera mari yokuchengetera zvinhu nemari yavanowana uye kudzima chikwereti, zvichiguma neHondo yeGulf yokutanga.