 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Ukama pakati peUnited States neIraq hwakava hwakatambanudzwa zvichitevera kubviswa kweumambo hweIraqmusi waJuly 14, 1958, izvo zvakaguma nokuziviswa kwehurumende yehurumende inotungamirirwa naBrigadier Abd al-Karim Qasim. Musi waJune 25, 1961, Qasim akaunganidza mauto pamuganhu pakati peIraq neKuwait, achizivisa nyika yekupedzisira chikamu chisingaparadzanisike cheIraq uye zvichikonzera Kuwait Crisis yenguva pfupi. United Kingdom - iyo yakanga ichangobva kupa Kuwait kuzvimiririra musi wa19 Chikumi, uye ine hupfumi hwaitsamira zvakanyanya pamafuta eKuwait - yakapindura musi wa1 Chikunguru nekutumira mauto zviuru zvishanu kunyika iyi kudzivisa kurwiswa kweIraq. Panguva imwe cheteyo, Kennedy akatumira boka rebasa reU.S. Navy kuBahrain, uye U.K. pakukurudzirwa nehurumende yaKennedy yakaunza gakava racho kuUnited Nations Security Council, uko chisarudzo chakanga chakarongerwa chakanga chakarambwa neSoviet Union. Mamiriro acho ezvinhu akagadziriswa muna October, apo mauto eBritain akabviswa uye akatsiviwa neuto reArab League rine vanhu 4.000. 