Specialist firefighters approach a burning well in a Kuwaiti oil field as they prepare an attempt to cap it in March 1991.
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Specialist firefighters approach a burning well in a Kuwaiti oil field as they prepare an attempt to cap it in March 1991.
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A firefighter works to extinguish a blaze in a Kuwaiti oilfield -- set ablaze by retreating Iraqi soldiers -- in April 1991.
A firefighter works to extinguish a blaze in a Kuwaiti oilfield -- set ablaze by retreating Iraqi soldiers -- in April 1991.
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Vegetation blooms at the Sabah Al-Ahmad nature reserve, north of Kuwait's capital.
Vegetation blooms at the Sabah Al-Ahmad nature reserve, north of Kuwait's capital.
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The fragile ecosystem within the reserve was ravaged during the Iraqi occupation, as the invading force built an extensive newtwork of military fortifications in the area.
The fragile ecosystem within the reserve was ravaged during the Iraqi occupation, as the invading force built an extensive newtwork of military fortifications in the area.
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One of the oil lakes, caused by crude oil mixing with the billions of gallons of seawater used to extinguish the oilfield fires, contaminating about 100 square kilometers of Kuwait's desert.
One of the oil lakes, caused by crude oil mixing with the billions of gallons of seawater used to extinguish the oilfield fires, contaminating about 100 square kilometers of Kuwait's desert.
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