This isn’t CGI or a sci-fi film — this is Kuwait in 1991, where retreating Iraqi forces ignited over 600 oil wells at the end of the Gulf War, triggering one of the worst environmental disasters in history, with months-long fires and smoke so dense it blotted out the sun and turned the landscape unrecognizable.
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This isn’t CGI or a sci-fi film — this is Kuwait in 1991, where retreating Iraqi forces ignited over 600 oil wells at the end of the Gulf War, triggering one of the worst environmental
Wars (@wars). 82 likes 3 replies. This isn’t CGI or a sci-fi film — this is Kuwait in 1991, where retreating Iraqi forces ignited over 600 oil wells at the end of the Gulf War, triggering one of the worst environmental disasters in history, with months-long fires and smoke so dense it blotted out the sun and turned the landscape unrecognizable.
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