Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Murangariro weshanduko wakanga uri unhu hwenguva muIraq uye kuMiddle East yose. MuIraq vanopfuurira mberi uye vezvematongerwe enyika vakarwisa vakuru vakuru vezvematongerwe enyika (vakuru vakuru venguva yekoloni uye varidzi venyika, vatengesi vakapfuma nemachinda edzinza, uye vanorwira umambo). Uyezve, urudzi hwechiArabhu hwose hwaGamal Abdel Nasser muEgypt hwakapesvedzera zvikuru vaduku veBa'athist vakaita saSaddam. Kumuka kwaNasser kwakaratidzira mafungu ezvematongerwe enyika muMiddle East yose muma1950 nema1960, nokuparara kwemadzimambo eIraq, Egypt, neLibya. Nasser akafuridzira vezvematongerwe enyika muMiddle East yose nokurwisana neBritain neFrance mukati meSuez Crisis ya1956
, kunatsiridza Egipita, uye kubatanidza nyika yeArab mune zvematongerwe enyika.