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- The burning oil in Kuwait led to the deaths of people and animals.
According to experts, half a million tons of oil went up into the atmos-

phere as smoke. Every day, more than 10,000 tons of soot, sulphur, car-
bon-dioxide and large quantities of hydrocarbons with their carcinogenic
properties hang suspended over the Gulf. It is not just the Gulf, but the
world itself that is burning. 248

- Two wells that were set alight produced as much oil as Turkey
does in one day, and the smoke from them can be seen from Saudi Arabia,
55 kilometres away. 249

- Continuing news of disaster from the Gulf: Hundreds of oil wells

set alight in Kuwait are still burning fiercely. Experts say it will be "ex-
ceedingly difficult to put those fires out," and it is said that the fires will
affect a wide area from Turkey to India for the next 10 years.

The fire and smoke coming from the wells constantly pollute the at-
mosphere. Daytime resembles night in Kuwait. The brown smoke that
rises together with the flames remind one of the sky as the autumn turns
into winter … It will take at least a century for Kuwait to be completely

habitable again. The smoke that rises with the flames is visible from miles
away, totally blocking out the sky and making the country unfit to live in.
The wealthy are abandoning Kuwait. 250

Soldiers set fire to the Kuwaiti oil wells on
Saddam's orders.

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