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  2. Highway of Death - Wikipedia

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    The pictures were among the most stunning to come out of the gulf war: mile after mile of burned, smashed, shattered vehicles of every description—tanks, armored cars, trucks, autos, even stolen Kuwaiti fire trucks—littering the highway from Kuwait City to Basra. To some Americans, the pictures were also sickening.

  3. History of Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    Authorized by the United Nations Security Council, an American-led coalition of 34 nations fought the Gulf War to liberate Kuwait. Aerial bombardments began on 17 January 1991, and after several weeks a U.S.-led United Nations (UN) coalition began a ground assault on 23 February 1991 that achieved a complete removal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait ...

  4. Timeline of the Gulf War (1990–1991) - Wikipedia

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    8 November: U.S. sends more troops to the Gulf region. About 100,000 troops arrive to support the existing 220,000 troops in the region. 19 November: Iraq sends about 200,000 more troops to Kuwait. 29 November: The U.N. Security Council passes Resolution 678, requiring Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait before January 15, 1991, or face military action.

  5. This week marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S.led invasion of Iraq. Then-President George W. Bush and his British counterpart, Prime Minister Tony Blair, signed off on a war based on the myth ...

  6. Iraqi invasion of Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    However, after the war ended, the friendly relations between the two neighbouring Arab countries turned sour for several economic and diplomatic reasons that culminated in an Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. By the time the Iran–Iraq War ended, Iraq was not in a financial position to repay the US$14 billion it had borrowed from Kuwait to finance its ...

  7. List of wars involving Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    Sheikhdom of Kuwait Ottoman Empire Arab tribes Emirate of Nejd: Victory. Al Hasa is reincorporated into the Ottoman Empire and becomes known as the Najd Sanjak. Sheikh Abdullah bin Sabah Al Sabah the ruler of Kuwait is granted the honorific title [8] of Kaymakam by the Ottomans for his contribution to the war effort. [9] ~?

  8. Kenneth Jarecke - Wikipedia

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    In the hours leading up to the ceasefire that would end the first Gulf War Jarecke was traveling along the Iraqi - Kuwait highway when he came upon a truck destroyed by American bombardment. The picture Jarecke took features the charred remains of an Iraqi soldier with his last expression of pain imprinted on his face, his arms slumped over the ...

  9. Dozens killed in fire at Kuwait building housing foreign workers

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    India’s Ambassador to Kuwait, Adarsh Swaika visited several of the injured in hospital and the site of the fire. Kuwaiti security forces gather at the building that was engulfed by fire in ...