 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Achitungamirira Kupinda Kwake muKuwait muna Nyamavhuvhu 1990, Mutungamiri weIraq Saddam Hussein akanga achimanikidza OPEC kupedza kugadzirwa kwakawandisa uye kutumira mitengo yemafuta yakakwira, kuitira kubatsira nhengo dzeOPEC mune zvemari uye kukurumidza kuvakazve kubva ku19801988 Iran-Iraq Hondo. Asi hondo mbiri idzi dzeIraq dzinorwisana nedzimwe nyika dzakatanga sangano reOPEC dzakaratidza kuti sangano racho rakanga risisina kubatana, uye mitengo yemafuta yakaderera nokukurumidza pashure pokunge kutengeswa kwacho kwakanganiswa kwenguva pfupi. Kurwiswa kweUnited States neAl Qaeda muna September 2001uye kurwiswa kweIraq neUnited States muna March 2003 kwakatova nemigumisiro ine simba pfupi pamitengo yemafuta, sezvo Saudi Arabia nedzimwe nyika dzaitengesa kunze kwenyika dzakabatsirana zvakare kuti nyika igare ichipiwa zvakakwana. 