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Kupinda kweIraq muKuwait musi wa2 August 1990 kwakaguma nokubatanidzwa kwemauto eSangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzapasi Pose akasarudza kusunungura nyika iyoyo. DIA yakanyevera nezvengozi yeIraq mukupera kwaJuly. Kushanda kwakasimba uye kwakakura kwemaawa makumi maviri nemana kwakatanga kushanda muDIA nerutsigiro rwezuva nezuva rwekuchenjera kumasimba emubatanidzwa, kutora chikamu mumisangano yezuva nezuva yekutaura, uye huwandu hwakazara hwekutsigirwa kwechigadzirwa chakadhindwa kune vatengi vazhinji. Mapoka ose evashandi veSangano uye vanhu vanopfuura 2 000 vakabatsira paOperation DESERT SHIELD. Joint Intelligence Center (JIC) yakavambwa kuti ibatanidze ruzivo rwakagadzirwa nemativi ose enzanga. Hapana boka ravakuru vehondo rakambova nemaonero akazara uye akakwana omuvengi wavo sezvakaitwa nevakuru vehondo veU.S. nevakuru vehondo panguva yeDESERT STORM, uye kurwisana uku kunoramba kuri mumwe wemienzaniso mikuru yokutsigirwa kwezvokuchenjera kumasimba anoshanda munguva dzazvino uno. Nokuda kwezvaakawana panguva yenhamo uye kurwisana, DIA yakagamuchira yechipiri Joint Meritorious Unit Award kubva kuGurukota rezvekudzivirirwa kwenyika, yakapiwa pachake naSachigaro weJoint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin L. Powell musi wa 26 Chikumi 1991.