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Yes. Saddam Hussein unleashed the world's largest ever oil spill during the first Persian Gulf War in 1991.
by jsyedidia 16y ago
Yes. Saddam Hussein unleashed the world's largest ever oil spill during the first Persian Gulf War in 1991.
- InclinedPlane 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_spill#Largest_oil_spills http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_spill#Largest_oil_spills Note that that spill was about 3x larger than even the Ixtoc I spill. The scale is nearly incomprehensible.
- jacquesm 16y agoIt would have been a lot worse if not for some very creative thinking.
- allenp 16y agoSounds interesting, got a link?
- boredguy8 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_oil_spill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_oil_spill "American airstrikes on January 26 destroyed pipelines to prevent further spillage into the Persian Gulf" In response to the "Citation needed", a little Lexis searching returned a March 22 article from the Washington Times that lists the airstrike as January 27: "Jan. 27: U.S. aircraft fire at oil facilities in Kuwait to end the pumping of crude into the Persian Gulf."
- jacquesm 16y agohttp://www.caranddriver.com/features/01q2/stilling_the_fires_of_war-feature/big_wind_page_4 http://www.caranddriver.com/features/01q2/stilling_the_fires...