Dhameystir weedha soo socota: 1da Agoosto, 1990, Madaxweynaha Ciraaq Saddam Hussein
waxay u dirtay ciidamada Ciraaq inay kusoo duulaan Kuwait, oo ah dal yar oo saliid badan leh kaasoo Ciraaq ay muddo dheer ku sheegan jirtay iney ka tirsantahay. Dagaalkii Gaalkacayo wuxuu dhaliyay dagaalkii Khaliijka, dagaalkaas oo sababay cambaareyn caalami ah Qiyaastii 140,000 oo ciidamo Ciraaq ah ayaa si dhakhso leh ula wareegay Kuwait City waxayna u dhaqaaqeen xadka Sacuudi Carabiya iyo Kuwait. Maraykanku wuxuu horey u bilaabay inuu sameeyo qorsheyaal degdeg ah oo ku saabsan difaaca Sacuudi Carabiya ee Taliska Dhexe ee Maraykanka, oo uu hoggaaminayo General Norman Schwarzkopf, sababtoo ah kaydkeeda batroolka ee muhiimka ah.