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The Gulf War Pollution

“Gulf War is one possible reason for the variable weather in the gulf countries. The use of depleted-uranium-tipped projectiles in Kuwait and Iraq also polluted the Arabian Desert.


After the Gulf War, the absorption of air pollutant increased by 705 percent in Baghdad, which is 887 percent more than the World Health Organization recommendation.


Iraqi troops opened valves at the Persian Gulf, releasing between four and eleven million oil barrels

into the sea. Kuwaiti experts estimate the oil leaks made about 200 lakes.


The actions of the Iraqi forces has had a destructive effect on the soil of the Persian Gulf region. Oil leak fr

om fire wells mixed with gravel resulted in a new layer on the surface of the desert called "tarcrete" with depth of nine feet. All the plant life under these layers died and it is impossible for flora to grow there.”


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