Première Guerre du Golfe : 12 mars 1991 jour est tourné à la nuit à Koweït City à cause de la fumée des puits de pétrole en feu, sabotés par les soldats irakiens en retraite.

• Contributeur: Johnny Saunderson / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2WJG8WW
• Taille du fichier: 137,4 MB (1,8 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 8600 x 5584 px | 72,8 x 47,3 cm | 28,7 x 18,6 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 12 mars 1991
• Lieu: Kuwait City, Kuwait.

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Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.

This photograph was taken at 11:00am. The landmark water towers stand stark against a sliver of brightness beyond the horizon of the Persian Gulf. The Iraqi army adopted a scorched-earth policy in Kuwait, looting and burning, taking anything and everything that wasn't fixed in concrete or bolted down, hauling it back to Iraq. Perhaps their most blatant act was to set fire to a reported 732 well-heads during January and February. For the conquering coalition forces there were other priorities and it took a while to get to grips with the problem of how to extinguish the fires, the first being snuffed out in April. The last well was capped on November 6th 1991. Kuwait spent more than $5 billion to repair oil infrastructure damaged during the Iraqi occupation.

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