[DOC] [TLE] Kuwaiti oil fires - Wikipedia [PAR] The Kuwaiti oil fires were caused by Iraqi military forces setting fire to a reported 
605 to 732 oil wells along with an unspecified number of oil filled low-lying areas, 
such as oil lakes and fire trenches, as part of a scorched earth policy while 
retreating from Kuwait in 1991 due to ... the heat, smoke, and debris from 
hundreds of burning oil wells as presenting... [DOC] [TLE] Unique Facts about the Middle East: Persian Gulf War [PAR] The 1991 Persian Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 
... indebted to several Arab countries, including a $14 billion debt to Kuwait. ... 
human rights violations, its dramatic military build-up, and hostility to Israel. .... 
Iraqi troops began retreating out of Kuwait, setting fire to Kuwaiti oil fields as they 
left. [DOC] [TLE] Oil Fires, but Not Like 1991 - latimes [PAR] Mar 30, 2003 ... RUMAILA OIL FIELD, Iraq  Flames shot five stories above the desert ... the 
horizon by torching hundreds of wells in the Rumaila field of southern Iraq, ... the 
vast oil and gas reserve were set ablaze before U.S. and British troops arrived. ... 
ago when retreating Iraqis set fire to 732 wells in his nation's fields. [DOC] [TLE] Gulf War [PAR] The Persian Gulf War (August 2, 1990  February 28, 1991), commonly ... The 
invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi troops that began 2 August 1990 was met with ... In a 
U.S. bid to open full diplomatic relations with Iraq, the country was ...... retreating 
from Kuwait, after they had set its oil fields on fire (737 oil wells ... Hundreds of 
Iraqi. [DOC] [TLE] Persian Gulf War - Encyclopedia.com [PAR] In mid-July 1990, Hussein threatened action against Kuwait as Iraqi forces ... 
Following the invasion, the Iraqis looted the entire country of furniture, cars, ... 
U.N. and American diplomats set a deadline in January 1991 for Iraq's ... Kuwait 
sustained severe environmental damage as retreating Iraqi troops set fire to its oil 
fields... [DOC] [TLE] Special Reports: The World of Central Asia - Scholastic [PAR] Its people had traditionally earned their livelihood from boat building, pearl diving
, fishing ... Oil transformed Kuwait, enabling it to finance a broad range of social 
welfare ... Iraq, which invaded Kuwait in 1990, setting off the 1991 Persian Gulf 
War. .... that followed, and retreating Iraqi troops set fire to most of Kuwait's oil 
wells. [DOC] [TLE] iraq and occupied kuwait - Human Rights Watch [PAR] On January 2, 1991, the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait entered its sixth month. ... As 
Iraqi troops hastily retreated from Kuwait in the last week of February, they set on 
fire a .... of Kuwait as well as civilians detained throughout the seven-month 
occupation. ... In the case of the over six hundred Kuwaiti army officers detained 
in... [DOC] [TLE] FRONTLINE/WORLD . Iraq - Saddam's Road to Hell - A journey into ... [PAR] Jan 24, 2006 ... In the early hours of August 2, 1990, more than 100,000 Iraqi troops moved ... 
After the invasion, Saddam defied orders to retreat and the U.N. imposed 
sanctions. ... The United Nations declared an end to the war on April 11, 1991. ... 
were looted, and Iraqi forces set fire to more than 700 Kuwaiti oil wells and... [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Brutalities Upon Retreating Iraq Forces in Gulf War | Rodney ... [PAR] Sep 3, 2014 ... The Gulf War was from August 2, 1990 to February 28, 1991, to attack ... As Iraqi 
military personnel retreated from its invasion of Kuwait, the U.S. .... The city of 
Baghdad was the scene of frenzied rounds of looting, with mobs setting fire to ... 
And in every country, in my adult lifetime, that's had the wonderful... [DOC] [TLE] Troops set fire to the oil wells in Kuwait at Saddam Hussain's ... [PAR] 1991. Wild duck in pool of crude oil, released by burning oil wells set on fire by ... 
The Kuwaiti oil wells were set on fire by the

Question: In 1991 retreating Iraqi troops looted this country & set fire to hundreds of its oil wells
Answer: Kuwait