Iraq released millions of barrels of oil into the Persian ... a trustee of the National Gulf Veterans Association. Shaun Rusling: ‘It was the morning of the ground war offensive; the sun simply ...

As the Iraqi army retreated at the end of the first Gulf War, they took the term “scorched Earth policy” quite literally. Kuwaiti oil wells were set alight en masse, creating towering infernos ...

As the Iraqi army retreated at the end of the first Gulf War, they took the ... to effectively fight large fires. This idea became popular in the Hungarian oil industry, particularly after ...

In 1991, between 600 and 730 oil wells were set alight at the end of the Persian Gulf War as part of Operation Desert Storm. The fires were deliberately ignited by retreating Iraqi forces in January ...