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Abbas - KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. The Zoo had been occupied by Iraqi troops. Some of the animals, including rare leopards and black panthers had been shot dead. Two brothers...
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. An Iraqi soldier. 1991.
KUWAIT. The safety of the Iraqi border was barely 20 kilometers away. The Iraqi soldier did not reach it. He was buried by American soldiers. The helmet was pla
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. The body of a citizen tortured by the Iraqis. 1991.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 7, 1991. French soldier on guard.
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. 1991. Women queue for kerosene, brought in from Saudi Arabia.
KUWAIT. The tank had been abandoned by Iraqis in their retreat. Scavengers had taken souvenire pieces. A cow came looking for food. In the background an oil wel
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991. The destroyed, looted vehicles of Iraqis trying to leave Kuwait City during the liberation. Charred bodies of soldiers are scattered amo
IRAQ. Inside Iraq. The two US soldiers were directing Iraqis where to store cartons of bottled water which were to be distributed to hungry and thirsty civilian
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. A man displays both the Saudi and the US flags. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 7th, 1991. French soldiers from the 3rd combat company of the 17th Parachute Regiment.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991.ÊKoweit City. Soldats amŽricains et koweitiennes.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 7, 1991. Al Sabah hospital morgue. Body of Kuwaiti showing signs of torture.
KUWAIT. Car cemetery. In the background: burning Burgan oil fields set on fire by retreating Iraqi troops. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. 1991. Correspondents were covering the aftermath of the war. To be sure not to miss any event, they had to tune in many times a day to Inte
IRAQ. Inside Iraq, we were on our way to Basra, hoping to cover the Shi'ite rebellion which had just started. We were waiving at Iraqi soldiers on their tanks, ...
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 7th, 1991. The Sabah Royal Family.
KUWAIT. The truck was upturned, hit by allied fire during the Iraqi retreat. It was slowly being turned into a work of modern art, by the droplets of oil spilli
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991. A Kuwaiti poses in front of the charred body of an Iraqi, after the battle for the liberation of Kuwait City.
KUWAIT. French soldier clearing of mines the beach of Kuwait-City.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991. Kuwait City. Happy Kuwaities celebrate the liberation of their city.
Kuwait City. A column of Iraqi Military units was trapped as it tried to retreat back to Iraq.
KUWAIT. The massive heap of garbage accumulated during Iraqi occupation. 1991.
IRAQ. Safwan, first town occupied by US troops Iraqi civilians queue for food and water. 1991.
IRAQ. Safwan, first town occupied by US troops Iraqi queue for food. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 7, 1991. Abandoned Iraqi army ammunition being gathered before being destroyed.
KUWAIT. 1991. Burning oil field and US officers.
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. French soldier demining the beach. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. U.S. armoured vehicle during the liberation. 1991.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991. Journalists.
KUWAIT. In a suburb of Kuwait City. 1991.
KUWAIT. Gulf war. 1991.
Burgan oil field. Oil well on fire.
KUWAIT. Women of US army and Kuwaiti women. 1991.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991.Ê
Safwan. HŽlicoptres et soldats amŽricains devant les puits de pŽtrole en feu.
IRAQ. Safwan. First Iraqi town to be occupied by US troops. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 10, 1991. The Doha Electrical Plant which was blown up by the retreating Iraqi troops.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 10, 1991. Mubarak Hospital. Boy having shrapnell wounds.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. Kuwaiti civilians standing in line for distribution of petrol. 1991.
IRAQ. Woman soldier of US army. 1991.
KOWAIT. Kuwait City. "Thanks for Bush and the American people". 1991.
KUWAIT. The wild duck was agonising covered with oil. I was fascinated by her eyes in distress. 1991.
KUWAIT. 1991. Wild duck in pool of crude oil, released by burning oil wells set on fire by retreating Iraqi troops.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991. US soldier.
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. The body of a citizen tortured by the Iraqis. 1991.
KUWAIT. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 10, 1991. The Doha Electrical Plant which was blown up by the retreating Iraqi troops.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 7th, 1991. Sif Royal Palace where the Emir Sheikh Jabar Al Ahmed Sabah used to work.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. Soldier on an US armoured vehicle during the liberation. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. Kuwaiti civilian standing in line for distribution of petrol. 1991.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991. Burning oil fields.
KUWAIT. March 7, 1991. Burning oil: The Iraqis put explosives around 500 of the 1000 Kuwaiti oil wells
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 7th, 1991. French soldier from the 3rd combat company of the 17th Parachute Regiment.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991. Kuwait had been liberated for 2 days. His body was still on the ground covered with flies, slowly rotting. He was Iraqi. Kuwaitis were p...
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. All the networks had set up studios on the roof and terraces of the International Hotel. Three times a day they were called by their base o
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. He is Kuwaiti, happy his country was liberated from Iraqi occupation. He is holding the flag of the victory. With the exception of Granada
IRAQ. Inside Iraq. All day long American soldiers were giving help to Iraqi civilians. Saudis gave charity. Food was being thrown to a hungry mob from a Saudi t
IRAQ. Inside Iraq. An American unit had set up medical tents to atend wounded and sick Iraqi civilians. It was raining, the girl was cold, lost. 1991.
IRAQ. Inside Iraq. American army dentist was attending Iraqi civilians. The girl had fainted. 1991.
IRAQ. Safwan. First Iraqi town to be occupied by US troops. 1991.
KUWAIT. American technicians have taken samples of air to measure the pollution. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. 1991. After the war. American military policeman.
IRAQ. Safwan, first town occupied by US troops Portraits of Saddam HUSSEIN in a school. 1991.
KUWAIT. Burgan. Oil well on fire reflecting onto a car window. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City in broad daylight. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 7th, 1991. At the Al Sabah hospital. The body of Kuwaiti showing signs of torture.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991. The charred body of an Iraqi killed in fleeing from Kuwait City.
KUWAIT. 1991.
Safwan, first town occupied by US troops. Food is thrown by Saudi soldiers.
KUWAIT. 1991. Safwan. US soldier in front of oil wells in fire.
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. The war was over. American soldiers were busy signing autographs. A Kuwaiti in "dishdashi" was promenading his baby. An ordinary scene. 199
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991.
Kuwait City. A column of Iraqi Military units was trapped as it tried to retreat b
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. He was lying in the morgue of a hospital. His body bore traces of torture. He was executed by one shot through the head. He was a Kuwaiti.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 7, 1991. A press conference given by Prime Minister Sheik SAAD.
KUWAIT. March 7, 1991. Burning oil:The Iraqis put explosives around 500 of the 1000 Kuwaiti oil wells
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991. In their escape from Kuwait City, the Irakis looted whatever they could find, perhaps this man wanted the toy doll for one of his childr
KUWAIT. Savage duck sticky in a crude oil pond. 1991.
KUWAIT. The two American technicians had come to collect samples of polluted air for analysis back in the States. The scene reminded me of the Bible's Apocalyps
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 10th, 1991. A young Kuwaiti rejoicing.
KUWAIT. A column of US and Egyptian soldiers withdrawing from Kuwait, headed to Saudi Arabia. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. British soldiers. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 7, 1991. A press conference given by Prime Minister Sheik SAAD.
KUWAIT. Next to a tank destroyed by US aerial bombing, a dead Iraqi soldier is mumified by drops of oil escaping from wells, set on fire by the soldier's unit b
KUWAIT. Gulf War. Kuwaiti soldier. 1991.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991.ÊKuweit City. Shi'ites praying.
KUWAIT. Poster with Saddam HUSSEIN in front of burning oil fields. 1991.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991. Iraqi soldier.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991.ÊIRAQ. Safwan, first town occupied by US troops. US doctor.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991.Ê
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 7, 1991. Anti-personnel mines (found at a beach) are Italian made VS 50 models.
KUWAIT. March 7, 1991. Burning oil wells. The Iraqis put explosives around 500 of the 1000 Kuwaiti oil wells.
KUWAIT. Two US officers were briefing the press in the middle of the desert. They looked more like Manhattan executives than warhappy soldiers. This scene seems
KUWAIT. Poster with Saddam HUSSEIN in front of burning oil fields. 1991.
KUWAIT. Gulf War.
1991. Iraqi tank destroyed by US offensive. Oil wells were set on fire by retreating Ir
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. 1991. US soldier, holding his country's flag, talks to a Kuwaiti woman wearing the nigab.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991.
Kuwait City. March, 7. A veiled Kuwait woman.
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. French soldier demining the beach. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. The body of a tortured Kuwaiti in the morgue. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 7, 1991. A press conference given by Prime Minister Sheik SAAD.
KUWAIT. Kuwaiti in front of an oil well on fire of Burgan oilfield. 1991.
KUWAIT. The old cars were slowly being covered by sand. The oil wells were burning in the background. To me this was an image of "our consumer societies gone ma
IRAQ. Safwan, first town occupied by US troops Iraqi. Civilians queue for food and water. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. The body of a citizen tortured by the Iraqis. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. Men pray in a Shia mosque.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. Victory celebrations. 1991.
KUWAIT. Palestinian women lining upfor free rationed food. 1991.
IRAQ. 1991. The US officer was directing the Iraqi woman to the medical tent. The american TV crew were following, eager for a "human interest" story.
KUWAIT. After Gulf War. 1991. The war had come to an end, after 7 months of Iraqi occupation and 5 weeks of war, which left the country crippled. Kuwait suffere...
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. Woman holding a portrait of Saudi Arabian King FAHD and children celebrate the liberation of their country from Iraqi occupation. 1991.
KUWAIT. A dead Iraqi soldier is mumified by drops of oil escaping from wells set on fire by soldier's unit. 1991.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991.ÊKuwait City.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. Two tv sets in the middle of the desert. Looted, and later abandoned by Iraqi soldiers in their haste to reach the safety of their country. 19
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991.Ê
Safwan. First Iraqi town to be occupied by US troops.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. US soldier. 1991.
KUWAIT. A column of US and Egyptian soldiers withdrawing from Kuwait, headed to Saudi Arabia. 1991.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991. The body of an Iraqi soldier in the streets of Kuwait City.
KUWAIT. Wild duck sticky in a crude oil pond. 1991.
IRAQ. Safwan. First Iraqi town to be occupied by US troops. 1991.
IRAQ. Safwan. First Iraqi town to be occupied by US troops. 1991.
KUWAIT. Wild duck sticky in a crude oil pond. 1991.
KUWAIT. A Kuwaiti who joined the US army wears his name Mohommad on his lapel. 1991.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991. Burning oil fields.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. A Saudi soldier who helped to liberate Kuwait City. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. Kuwaiti civilians looking at the body of an Iraqi soldier. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. A mutilated poster of Saddam HUSSEIN.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. French soldiers from the 3rd combat company of the 17th Parachute Regiment.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 7th, 1991. Saudi Arabian soldier (with green, white and red headband).
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 7th, 1991. French soldiers from the 3rd combat company of the 17th Parachute Regiment.
KUWAIT. Kuwaiti militiaman with gas mask to protect himself from the oil well smokes. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. French soldiers demining the beach. 1991.
KUWAIT. Children celebrating the liberation of Kuwait city. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. Kuwaitis who stayed behind after the Iraqi invasion, look down with scorn upon the ones who had left. Now, they too wanted to leave the cou
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. The war had been over for 15 days. The young 17 year old girl had vowed to "sweep her street clean" after the Iraqi retreat. She was killed
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. The patient was wounded by Iraqi gunfire during the war. He was treated at the Mubarak Hospital. Doctors were Egyptian and Palestinian. The
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. It was the first Friday Prayer after the liberation of the city. Shi'ites prayed in their newly built Grand Mosque. After prayer the faithf...
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. Most Palestinians had applauded the Iraqi invasion. Now they were to pay for it. Palestinian women were queuing for food. Kuwait militiamen
KUWAIT. The donkey was dead, the car was destroyed. They were both being slowly covered with soot spouting out of burning oil wells. 1991.
IRAQ. Inside Iraq. The two US soldiers were planting the American flag. They were manning the last American checkpoint. Iraqi Republic Guards were just one kilo
KUWAIT. Palestinians lining up for domestic gas. 1991.
KUWAIT. Wild duck sticky in a crude oil pond. 1991.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. 1991.
IRAQ. Safwan, first town occupied by US troops. 1991.
IRAQ. Safwan. First Iraqi town to be occupied by US troops. 1991.
KUWAIT. American technicians taking samples of air to measure the pollution. 1991.
KUWAIT. A column of US and Egyptian soldiers withdrawing from Kuwait, headed to Saudi Arabia. 1991.
KUWAIT. 1991. Abandoned ammunitions by Iraqi soldiers.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 10, 1991. Portrait of Emir of Kuwait.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. 1991. After the war. American military policeman.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. Representation of Kuwaiti Prime Minister Cheikh Jaber III Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Saddam HUSSEIN. 1991.
KUWAIT. Near Kuwait City. A burning oil refinery. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. March 7, 1991. An elephant was shot by an Iraqi soldier fleeing the city.
KUWAIT. A dead Iraqi soldier. Oil wells on fire. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. Kuwait woman with an American flag and a portrait of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. 1991.
IRAQ. Inside Iraq. He had lost the war, his army was torn to pieces, his country destroyed. He was still saluting. Peacedoves hovering around him. 1991.
KUWAIT. An American soldier being photographed by a Kuwaiti woman. 1991.
KUWAIT. A column of US and Egyptian soldiers withdrawing from Kuwait, headed to Saudi Arabia. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait City. A column of Iraqi Military units was trapped as it tried to retreat back to Iraq. 1991.
KUWAIT. Kuwait city. 1991. Kuwaiti woman, wearing an Islamic hijab, talks to a US soldier.
KUWAIT. An US made M16 gun, held by a Kuwaiti soldier, displays photos of the Emir and the Prime Minister of Kuwait.
KUWAIT. 1991. US gunship helicopters. Oil wells were set on fire by retreating Iraqi troops.
kKUWAIT. Burgan oilfield. Wild duck sticky in a crude oil pond. 1991.
KUWAIT. Gulf War. 1991. The soldier was dead. Around him were the remains of tanks and vehicles destroyed by US aviation. He seemed peaceful, as if asleep. He w...
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