Gulf War
On the 2nd of August 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait. Millions of trees, wildlife, marine life, humans and the environment in general, were destroyed. This invasion, was called the GULF WAR. The social, environmental and economic impacts will be felt for years.The Gulf War was a major environmental disaster. Wildlife and their habitat was destroyed both in Iraq and Kuwait. Grass, soil and trees were destroyed by bombing, oily particles (which was from the numerous fires, resulting in acres and acres of land being destroyed), acid rain, and the most major problem, which affected the environment enormously, was the oil slick in the Persian Gulf. The oil slick was totally disastrous. Both America and Iraq were to blame. The US led forces, bombed 2 oil tankers in Kuwait harbour, releasing large quantities of oil. Then several days later it was announced that Iraqi forces had opened the valves on several pipelines, allowing oil to spill directly into the Gulf. This 6 million barrel slick killed approximately 15,000 to 30,000 birds alone. Comorants, grebes and herons were hit ver
All people were impacted in this traumatising war, especially women in both Kuwait and Iraq, as they had become the collectors of food and the drawers of water. Women also had to cook, wash clothes and dishes and draw water from sewerage-poisoned rivers, resulting in the first people for getting water-borne diseases. Wars cost billions of dollars. It is estimated that between Iraq and Kuwait, 251 billion dollars was wasted on ammunition, bombs, tanks and ships. This is 5 times greater than the $50 billion needed -but not given- to implement the environment recommendations of the countries all over the world. Why should money be wasted on weapons which will only destroy the environment, when that money could be put towards the environment and hungry, starving people all over the world.
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Approximate Word count = 745
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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