Saddam Hussein, shown here in 2004, was the leader of the Iraqi government at the time of the spill. The Gulf War oil spill came out of the Gulf War that took place from 1990-1991. The …

Jan 26, 1991 · President Bush said today that the spilling of crude oil into the Persian Gulf was a "sick" act of desperation by Iraq and ordered the Pentagon to move to stop the spill. Officials …

Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army was seeking to pollute the Persian Gulf by pouring oil into it, an effort only partly stymied when Air Force F-111F Aardvarks bombed the source of the …

Mar 5, 1991 · In an act of environmental terrorism, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein dumped hundreds of millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf, threatening an ecosystem that was …

Thirty-two countries formed a coalition to drive Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces from Kuwait. It began with an air assault and continued on the ground. Iraq released millions of barrels of oil...

Apr 10, 2011 · At the end of January 1991, reports of a huge oil spill in the Persian Gulf began to surface. Iraqi forces purposefully opened valves at the Sea Island oil terminal and dumped oil …

Jan 26, 1991 · In recent weeks, Iraqi Government officials have repeatedly warned that war in the Persian Gulf could lead to the destruction of the region's oil resources and trigger a global …

90, the Iraqi army under Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and annexed the city-state. Especially for Kuwaitis, but by default for the Gulf region at large, the resulting Gulf War and the images …

Mar 31, 2003 · During the last Gulf War, Saddam Hussein's troops released more than 400 million gallons of crude oil--forty times what was spilled by the Exxon Valdez--from Kuwaiti wells into …

May 3, 2010 · As the 1991 Persian Gulf War drew to a close, Hussein sent men to blow up Kuwaiti oil wells. Approximately 600 were set ablaze, and the fires — literally towering infernos …