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Kuwait: Gulf War
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Climatically, Kuwait is a tropical desert. Summer day temperatures are extremely high–routinely surpassing 45°C (113°F)—but the air is dry except along the coast, where it is often very humid. Winter days are usually warm and pleasant—the average temperature in January, the coldest month, is 13.5°C (56°F). Annual rainfall is typically less than 127 mm (5 in) per year, and almost all of it falls in the cooler winter. Frost occurs at times in the interior on winter nights.
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Iraq's aggression against Kuwait was a violation of the UN Charter, and for causing an act of "aggressive war", Saddam Hussein could have been indicted as a war criminal. Furthermore, during its occupation of Kuwait, Iraq forces engaged in the systematic denial of human rights to Kuwaiti citizens, as thousands, were murdered, tortured, abused, raped, jailed, and looted. As Iraq's commander in chief, Saddam Hussein bears direct responsibility for these actions.
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Kuwait has a warm tropical climate. Summer, which last from April to September, is extremely hot and dry with temperatures easily crossing 45 °C during daytime.[38] Winter season, from November through February, is cool with some precipitation and average temperatures around 13 °C (56 °F) with extremes from -2 °C to 27 °C. Annual rainfall averages less than 127 mm and occurs chiefly between October and April.[39] The spring season in March is warm and pleasant with occasional thunderstorms. The frequent winds from the northwest are cool in winter and spring and hot in summer. Southeasterly winds, usually hot and damp, spring up between July and October; hot and dry south winds prevail in spring and early summer. The shamal, a northwesterly wind common during June and July, causes dramatic sandstorms.[40]
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The competitive effect of the Kuwaiti oil fires on Kuwait has ... yet to be clearly assessed. Kuwait's pre-war production levels fell from 1.9 million barrels per day after the Iraqi invasion. It was only until mid 1992 that the Kuwaiti oil industry was able to launch a vigorous revitalization program. Current production stands at roughly 2.5 million barrels per day, and the Kuwaitis estimate that by 2005, it can sustain levels of three million barrels per day.
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A USO tour veteran who has entertained troops in Japan, Kuwait and Iraq, Colin Quinn began his stand-up career 20 years ago. His creative shows at "Caroline’s" and "The Comic Strip" served as a warm-up for his hosting stint on MTV’s popular game show, "Remote Control." Roles in "Three Men and A Baby" and "Married to the Mob" followed. In the early 1990s, Quinn headed to the A&E network where he hosted "Caroline’s Comedy Hour," which featured both new and veteran comedians. Hired in 1995 as a writer and feature player on NBC’s sketch-comedy show, "Saturday Night Live," Quinn rose through the ranks and soon anchored "Weekend Update." After leaving the show in 2000, Quinn starred in the movie "Comedian." He ... served as the host on "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" on Comedy Central.
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The UN condemned the invasion and authorised the use of force to expel Iraq from Kuwait. The USA, led by President George Bush, created an Arabic-Western coalition of 35 countries which freed Kuwait on 26th February 1991. But before liberation more than 70% of the country’s suqs and shopping malls were looted. Warehouses,factories, hosp-itals,offices and buildings were stripped, museums and cultural centres were emptied, and the environment was almost destroyed by the Iraqi dictator’s last attrocity of firing Kuwaiti oil wells to destroy Kuwait.
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