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Downtown Kuwait city with dead palm trees after the end of the Gulf War in 1991. More than 700 wells were set ablaze by retreating Iraqi troops creating the largest man-made environmental disaster in history.

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City building exterior war battle blown out desolate deserted empty housing homes sidewalk balconies palm trees signs uninhabited dismal fear hiding ghost town horizontal Wimpy Burger abandoned
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Kuwait, Kuwait Oil Well Fires
Downtown Kuwait city with dead palm trees after the end of the Gulf War in 1991. More than 700 wells were set ablaze by retreating Iraqi troops creating the largest man-made environmental disaster in history.
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