Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei:
I whakaekehia e Iraki a Kuwait. I te tau 1979, i whiriwhiria e te US te uru atu ki te taunga rererangi me te tauranga i Mogadishu me Berbera; na te iti o te uru atu o te US ki nga waahi i te rohe o te Persian Gulf, ko te pupuri i tenei uru atu he mea nui ki te tari o Mogadishu ki te whai i te wa i whakauruhia ai te US ki te whakauru ki Kuwait. Ahakoa, kaore he ope a te United States, kaore ano hoki i whakamahia nga whare o Somalia hei tautoko i te Operation Desert Shield.