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Kuwaiti oil wells on fire. The Kuwaiti oil fires were a result of the scorched earth policy of Iraqi military forces retreating from Kuwait in 1990 after conquering the country but being driven out by the military forces of the United States and other nations (see Gulf War). from U.S. military File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... from U.S. military File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A scorched earth policy is a military tactic which involves destroying anything that might be useful to the enemy while advancing through or withdrawing from an area. ... Combatants UN Coalition Republic of Iraq Commanders Norman Schwarzkopf Saddam Hussein Strength 660,000 360,000 Casualties 345 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 dead, 75,000 wounded The Gulf War (1990–1991) (also called the Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, or Second Gulf War) was a conflict between... The resulting fires burned out of control because of the dangers of sending in firefighting crews. Land mines had been placed in areas around the oil wells, and a military cleaning of the areas was necessary before the fires could be put out. Eventually, privately contracted crews extinguished the fires. By that time, however, the fires had burned for months, causing widespread pollution. The byproducts of the petroleum burn caused pollution to the soil and air, and the oil fires have been linked in the popular imagination with what was later called Gulf War Syndrome. Whether this syndrome has been caused by the oil fires, by chemical attack, or other causes has not been determined, and the longterm environmental effects of the fires have yet to be fully understood. A landmine is a type of mine which is placed onto or into the ground and explodes when triggered by a vehicle or person. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ... Figure 1. ... During Operation Desert Storm in 1991, Dr. S. Fred Singer debated Carl Sagan on the impact of the Kuwaiti petroleum fires on the ABC News program Nightline. Sagan said the smoke would loft into the upper atmosphere, disrupt the monsoons and lead to ecological disaster. Singer said such a view was ridiculous, that the smoke would go up only a few thousand feet and then be washed out of the atmosphere by rain. Three days later, black rain began falling over Iran, which essentially put an end to the speculation. Combatants U.S.-led coalition Iraq Commanders George H. W. Bush, Norman Schwarzkopf, Colin Powell Saddam Hussein, Ali Hassan Al-Majid, Hussein Kamel Strength 660,000 ~545,000 Casualties 345 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 - 100,000 dead, 100,000 - 300,000 wounded The 1991 Gulf War (also Persian... Siegfried Frederick Singer (born September 27, 1924) was an atmospheric physicist. ... Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrobiologist, and highly successful science popularizer. ... This article is about the American news organization. ... Nightline is a late-night hard news program broadcast by ABC in the United States, and has a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. ... Smoke from a wildfire Smoke is a suspension in air (aerosol) of small particles resulting from incomplete combustion of a fuel. ... Layers of Atmosphere (NOAA) Air redirects here. ... Monsoon in the Vindhya mountain range, central India A monsoon is a wind pattern that reverses direction with the seasons. ... Ernst Haeckel coined the term oekologie in 1866. ... Rain falling Rain is a form of precipitation, other forms of which include snow, sleet, hail, and dew. ... The companies responsible for extinguishing the fires are Red Adair Company (now sold off to Global Industries of Louisiana), Boots and Coots (now Boots and Coots/IWC), Wild Well Control, Safety Boss (now two different companies - Safety Boss and Key Safety Services), Cudd Well/Pressure Control, Neal Adams Firefighters, and Kuwait Wild Well Killers. All the wells were eventually fully extinguished and brought back under control. Paul Neal Red Adair (June 18, 1915 – August 7, 2004) was a renowned American oil field firefighter. ... This Article does not cite its references or sources. ... Safety Boss is an oil-well-fire-fighting company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ... The fires were the subject of a 1992 IMAX documentary film, Fires of Kuwait, which was nominated for an Academy Award. The film includes footage of the Hungarian team using their jet turbine extinguisher. The Kuwaiti oil fires are also featured in Werner Herzog's 1992 film Lessons of Darkness. IMAX theatre at the Melbourne Museum complex, Australia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Werner Herzog. ... Lessons of Darkness Lessons of Darkness (Lektionen in Finsternis) is a 1992 film by German director Werner Herzog. ... The oil fires and black rain were also featured in the 2005 film Jarhead. Jarhead is a 2005 film starring Jake Gyllenhaal as U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford, and is based on Swoffords 2003 Gulf War memoir Jarhead: A Marines Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles. ... [edit] External links http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/593.html http://www.kritzberg.com/thebig.htm Categories: Gulf War | Fires

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	Kuwaiti oil fires - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (423 words) The Kuwaiti oil fires were a result of the scorched earth policy of Iraqi military forces retreating from Kuwait in 1990 after conquering the country but being driven out by the military forces of the United States and other nations (see Gulf War). Whether this syndrome has been caused by the oil fires, by chemical attack, or other causes has not been determined, and the longterm environmental effects of the fires have yet to be fully understood. The fires were the subject of a 1992 IMAX documentary film, Fires of Kuwait, which was nominated for an Academy Award.
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