Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I puta te rerenga o ngā Pirihitia i Kuwait i te wā o te Pakanga o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, i muri hoki. I te Pakanga o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, neke atu i te 200,000 nga Pirihitini i rere noa atu i Kuwait i te wa o te nohoanga o Iraq o Kuwait
nā te whakatoi me te whakawehi a ngā ope haumaru o Iraki, hei tāpiri atu ki te whakakorenga mai i te mahi e ngā rangatira o Iraki i Kuwait. Whai muri i te Pakanga o te Moana-a-Kiwa, i kaha te akiaki a nga mana o Kuwait i te tata ki te 200,000 nga Pirihitini ki te wehe atu i Kuwait i te 1991. Ko te kaupapa here o Kuwait, i arahi ki tenei rerenga, he whakautu ki te whakakotahitanga o te kaiarahi Palestinian a Yasser Arafat me te Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) me te rangatira rangatira a Saddam Hussein, nana nei i whakaeke i Kuwait i mua.