 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Qanbar aive mutungamiri wemauto munguva yekutonga kwaSaddam Hussein, uye akatora chikamu muIran-Iraq Hondo ya 1980-88, uye hondo yeKuwait muna 1990-91. Muchiitiko chokupedzisira, akatungamirira boka revarwi pachitsuwa cheKuwaiti cheFailaka, uye akabatwa nevasungwa veU.S. Marines. Akanga ari brigadier general mu navy mukati me 1991 Gulf War. Mushure mekusungwa muFailaka, akaendeswa kwenguva pfupi kuSaudi Arabia asati asunungurwa. Pasinei nokuva akabatwa nemauto eAmerica, Qanbar akazorongedzwa naSaddam nokuda kwoushingi hwake pakudzivirira chitsuwa chacho. Mushure mehondo, Qanbar akaiswa muBasra, asi akarambidzwa kubva kumirairo mitsva mushure mekunge aramba kumisa kumukira kwevaShia muna 1991. 