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The Kuwaiti Oil Fires
April 7, 1991
Define Kuwaiti Oil Fires:
The
Kuwaiti oil fires
were caused by Iraqi military forces setting
fire
to a reported 605 to 732
oil
wells.
Motives
The dispute between Iraq and Kuwait over alleged slant-drilling in the Rumaila oil field was one of the reasons for
Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990
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