Première Guerre du Golfe : 7 mars 1991 la fumée d'un puits de pétrole en feu jaillit au-delà d'un véhicule utilitaire militaire léger hors route UAZ-469 abandonné dans le champ pétrolier de Burgan, au sud de Koweït City.

• Contributeur: Johnny Saunderson / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2Y0PM01
• Taille du fichier: 116 MB (3,2 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 5173 x 7840 px | 43,8 x 66,4 cm | 17,2 x 26,1 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 7 mars 1991
• Lieu: Burgan oil field, Kuwait.

Informations supplémentaires

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

Saddam Hussein's forces invaded Kuwait on August 2nd 1990. As coalition forces massed in neighbouring Saudi Arabia and the deadline of January 15th 1991 approached, the Iraqi army adopted a scorched-earth policy, 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. Coalition forces successfully ousted the Iraqi forces by the end of February 1991. Initially, 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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