Kuwait

Takeaway Listener Talks U.S. Syria Intervention & Gulf War Memories

This week we’ve been hearing from lawmakers, experts and analysts as the U.S. considers military intervention in Syria. But The Takeaway has also heard you–the citizens, voters, soldiers, veterans, and in some cases, survivors of war. The voices of Takeaway listeners are crucial as the American people anxiously watch the deepening Syrian conflict and the […]

United States plans’ for leaving Iraq include large military presence in Kuwait

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Living on Earth Marks 20 Years On the Air

The World

Oil Fire Conference

A New Environment in Kuwait

Steve talks with Abdullah Toukan, the science advisor to King Hussein of Jordan, about environmental changes brought by the war.

The World

Kuwait Cleanup

More than a decade after Iraqi troops set fire to oil wells in Kuwait during the first Gulf War, the environment remains in distress. Millions of barrels of crude oil still sit in oil lakes in the desert, preventing re-growth of habitat, polluting underground aquifers and sickening animals. Heavy metals continue to pollute the soil […]

The World

Kuwait Cleanup

Ten years after Iraqi troops set fire to oil wells in Kuwait during the Gulf War, the environment remains in distress. Millions of barrels of crude oil still sit in oil lakes in the desert, preventing regrowth of habitat, polluting underground aquifers and sickening animals. Heavy metals still pollute the soil and sea. As Anne […]

The World

Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait remembered 20 years later

Arts, Culture & Media

Twenty years ago today, Iraqi forces significantly outnumbered and overpowered Kuwait’s military as they marched in, and within a short time had overthrown the government.
We look back at August 2nd, 1990.