Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana 2 August 1990 Iraq, inotungamirirwa naPurezidhendi Saddam Hussein,
vakapinda muKuwait. Pakati pemwedzi wacho Purezidhendi weU.S. George H. W. Bush, mukuwirirana neCarter Doctrine, akatumira vokutanga vamazana ezviuru zvamauto, pamwe chete neuto rakasimba rorutsigiro rwomugungwa, kuSaudi Arabia nomunharaunda yePersian Gulf kutsigira simba ramarudzi akawanda mukurwisana neIraq.