 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ukama hweSoviet-Iraq hwakatambura kuoma mukupera kwema1970. Apo Iraq yakapinda muIranmuna 1980, Soviet Union yakamisa kutengesa zvombo kuIraq uye haina kuzvitangazve kutozosvikira muna 1982. Mukati mehondo, Peoples Republic of China yakava manyuko matsva makuru ezvombo zveIraq, nekutengesa kunowedzera kubva kuFrance, UK neEgypt. 