From the archives: The first Gulf War

May 29, 2013

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US war palnes fly over burning oil wells in Kuwait after Desert Storm.

Twenty years on, shockwaves of Kuwait invasion are still felt in Middle East

On August 2, 1990, Iraq launched an invasion of Kuwait, setting in motion a long chain of events which have reshaped the Middle East and have changed the dynamic of relations between the western and Arab worlds. (02.08.2010)

Excerpts from a report looking back, as the war begins, what brought it about (Radio 17.01.1991) MP3-Mono

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