Today marks the 31st anniversary of the 1990 Kuwait Invasion, and every year on the anniversary, I like to share some links related to the war. Here they are:
Free Kuwait
This is a website that focuses on the campaign that was led by Kuwaitis in exile and is loaded with photos and information.
Kuwait Invasion – The Evidence
This is a website that contains over 1,200 pictures taken right after the 1990 invasion as photographic evidence to all the destruction caused by Iraq.
Short movie: Hearts of Palm
Hearts of Palm is a short movie set on August 2nd 1990 and deals with Kuwaiti students living in Miami Florida during the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait.
The Class of 1990
This is a short documentary about reuniting classmates years after the 1990 Iraqi invasion.
Homemade video from the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
Video clips taken by a Kuwaiti family during the Iraqi invasion
Desert Storm Photos
Photos taken by soldiers during Desert Storm.
Short Animation: Sandarah
A captivating story based on true events that took place during the 1990 Iraqi invasion.
First Account of Iraq’s Invasion of Kuwait
Interviews with various Kuwaitis that were in Kuwait during the 1990 invasion.
Iraqi Invasion Pictures
Photos of the Gulf War aftermath.
Politics of War
A tumblr account with some not so commonly seen photos from the Gulf War. (Warning some are graphic)
BBC Documentary: The Last Flight to Kuwait
A series of documentaries on Iraq begins with a look at the fate of British Airways flight BA149 to the Far East in 1990. As the plane landed in Kuwait, Saddam Hussein invaded, capturing its crew and passengers.
Top photo by Steve McCurry, the rest by Bruno Barbey
3 replies on “The Kuwait Invasion Anniversary”
I believe it’s the 31st Anniversary not the 30th.
Yes! I thought I edited that already will fix it now, thanks for pointing it out
So many memories as I stayed through the entire invasion /liberation. Can’t believe that 31 years have passed. I recollect this day, every year on the 2nd of August and the memories of the invasion, food hunting, road blocks, blackened skies as if it was the end of the world (as they set the oil fields ablaze), lack of electricity, feeding Westerners in hiding, hotels ablaze just before the Liberation. If only my albums could talk.