Why Did One Man Set 600 Oil Wells on Fire 😱 In 1991, during the Gulf War, Saddam Hussein made a shocking decision to set fire to nearly 600 oil wells in Kuwait as part of a planned destroy-and-leave strategy. The goal was to block the view of US-led Coalition aircraft with thick black smoke, while also badly damaging Kuwait's oil-based economy. The giant fires burned across the desert for many months, filling the sky with dark, heavy smoke that blocked sunlight, dropped temperatures in the area
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Why Did One Man Set 600 Oil Wells on Fire 😱 In 1991, during the Gulf War, Saddam Hussein made a shocking decision to set fire to nearly 600 oil wells in Kuwait as part of a planned destroy-and-leave strategy. The goal was to block the view of US-led Coalition aircraft with thick black smoke, while also badly damaging Kuwait's oil-based economy. The giant fires burned across the desert for many months, filling the sky with dark, heavy smoke that blocked sunlight, dropped temperatures in the area
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