Kuwait
Various trips
1988-1991 (Operation Desert Storm)
Kuwait City - the famous
towers |
The towers at night |
Actually, "The State of Kuwait welcomes you"
Water towers more commonly
known as "the golf tees"
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Operation Desert
Storm
1991 |
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Iraqi-issued license plate indicating Kuwait as a province of Iraq
Smiting the enemy...
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Destroyed and abandoned
Iraqi tanks
Destroyed truck and tank
- note turret to the left
Damaged aircraft hangar
at 'Ali As Salim air base
The Highway of Death
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Destroyed tank - burning
oil wells
Burning oil wells
Damaged aircraft hangar
at 'Ali As Salim air base
Hit by penetrating bomb
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The Highway of Death
Destruction of the Kuwaiti Oilfields
Just before retreating
from Kuwait, the remaining Iraqi troops ignited all 600 oil wells in Kuwait
The photos of the oilfield
fires were taken between 11:00am and 1:00pm - the sun was not visible due
to the oily smoke |
Al-Rawdatayn oilfield
on fire
Beneath the oil cloud
on approach
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Flying into Kuwait City
during oil fires
Beneath the oil cloud
on approach
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The Liberation of Kuwait Medal
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