Temperatures were up to 10 degrees C lower than under normal years. The high volume of particles in the air had a very pronounced effect on the climate in Kuwait and in the neighboring countries. As a result the soot did not spread over large areas but fell out with rain and dew mostly over the Arabian Peninsula. Most of the soot particles accumulated at altitudes between 10 meters and very little contamination reached higher than 5000 meters. this corresponds to 10% of the global contribution from anthropogenic burning of recent and fossil fuels. Levels of particles in the air a few kilometers from the burning oil fields was in the order of about 10 5 per cm3. The CO2 emission from the burning oil and gas in Kuwait has been estimated to about 130 to 140 million tons corresponding to 2-3% of the global annual anthropogenic contribution from the use of fossil and recent fuels and only 0.1% of the total global CO2 emission. The soot emissions for the burning oil and gas has been estimated to about 20,000 tons per day and the total SO2 emission about 24,000 tons per day. The maximum amount of oil and gas in the oil fires was about 355,000 tons and 35 million m3 respectively per day. During the period up to October 1991 all the wells were capped. In early 1991 more than 800 oil wells were blown up, of these more than 600 caught fire and burned with flames and about 50 wells gushed oil onto the ground. When considering the various aspects of air and atmospheric pollution, in brief summary, the following observations have been made: The follow-up studies have showed a rather different picture than what had been forecasted. Various scenarios and forecasts had been made before the war about the possible and probable impacts under different conditions. battle deaths during the Gulf War, 145 nonbattle deaths, and 467 wounded in action.The environmental consequences of the Gulf War in 1991 affected the air, the marine environment, and the terrestrial ecosystem. Official cease-fire accepted and signed (April 6). The first Allied prisoners of war are released (Mar. Iraq agrees to abide by all of the UN resolutions (Mar. Allied and Iraqi military leaders meet on battlefield to discuss terms for a formal cease-fire to end the Gulf War. Bush orders a unilateral cease-fire 100 hours after the ground offensive started (Feb. Iraqi army sets fire to over 500 of Kuwait's oil wells as final act of destruction to Kuwait's infrastructure. and coalition forces smash through Iraq's defenses and defeat Saddam Hussein's troops in only four days of combat. In a brilliant and lightning-fast campaign, U.S. The president orders the ground war to begin (Feb. He rejects a Soviet-Iraq peace plan for a gradual withdrawal that does not comply with all the UN resolutions and gives Iraq an ultimatum to withdraw from Kuwait by noon Feb. 1991 Bush wins congressional approval for his position with the most devastating air assault in history against military targets in Iraq and Kuwait (Jan. 15, 1991 deadline for Iraq to withdraw unconditionally from Kuwait (Nov. He subsequently obtains a UN Security Council resolution setting a Jan. 230,000 American troops arrive in Saudi Arabia to take defensive action, but when Iraq continues a huge military buildup in Kuwait, the President orders an additional 200,000 troops deployed to prepare for a possible offensive action by the U.S.-led coalition forces. troops to protect Saudi Arabia at the Saudis' request and “Operation Desert Shield” begins (Aug. The UN Security Council authorizes economic sanctions against Iraq. He begins organizing a multinational coalition to seek Kuwait's freedom and restoration of its legitimate government.

President Bush believes that Iraq intends to invade Saudi Arabia and take control of the region's oil supplies. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein later annexes Kuwait and declares it a 19th province of Iraq (Aug. 1990 Iraq invades its tiny neighbor, Kuwait, after talks break down over oil production and debt repayment.

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