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...first taste of possible nightmares to come arrived early last week, when a number of oil wells and storage tanks were set afire at Al-Wafra field in southern Kuwait and at the Shuaiba industrial complex just north of Mina Al- Ahmadi. U.S. and Saudi officials claimed that the fires were set by Iraq, perhaps to provide a massive shield of smoke that would confuse the guidance systems of allied missiles and planes and block the view of military satellites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: A War Against the Earth | 2/4/1991 | See Source »

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