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Desert Storm Begins by Magnum Photographers
Operation Desert Storm began this week in 1991. Here is an extensive look back at the lead-up to the war and the conflict's first days.
KUWAIT — A torn poster of Saddam Hussein in front of burning oil fields,
1991. © Abbas / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT CITY — The city in broad daylight, 1991. © Abbas / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT — U.S. Marines at the Burgan oil fields, 1991.
© Bruno Barbey / Magnum Photos
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SAFWAN, Iraq — Saudi soldiers distribute food, 1991.
© Abbas / Magnum Photos
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SAFWAN, Iraq — A U.S. soldier in front of burning oil wells, 1991.
© Abbas / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT — A U.S. Marine walks by Iraqi Republican Guard corpses and a
wrecked Iraqi military convoy, 1991. © Bruno Barbey / Magnum Photos
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SAFWAN, Iraq — A U.S. soldier with portraits of Saddam Hussein found in a
school, 1991. © Abbas / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT — A U.S. Marine stands in front of burned airplanes at an airport,
1991. © Bruno Barbey / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT CITY — A column of Iraqi military units was trapped as it tried to
retreat back to Iraq, 1991. © Abbas / Magnum Photos
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IRAQ — A young girl is treated at tents set up by the U.S. military to attend to
wounded and sick Iraqi civilians, 1991. © Abbas / Magnum Photos
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TAMPA, Fla. — A pro-Gulf War demonstration, 1990.
© Carl De Keyzer / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT — Wrecked vehicles and burning wells in an oil field near the Iraqi
border, 1991. © Bruno Barbey / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT — The Gulf War, 1991.
© Abbas / Magnum Photos
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SAUDI ARABIA — An Egyptian soldier with a shoulder-held heat-seeking
missile next to a cameraman, 1990. © Abbas / Magnum Photos
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IRAQ — A U.S. officer directs an Iraqi woman to a medical tent while an
American TV crew follows, 1991. © Abbas / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT CITY — Correspondents covering the aftermath of the war listen to
international radio services, 1991. © Abbas / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT CITY — Kuwaitis celebrate the liberation of their city, 1991.
© Abbas / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT — A Kuwaiti woman photographs a U.S. soldier, 1991.
© Abbas / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT — U.S. Marines pose for a photo in the Burgan oil fields with a
burned vehicle containing a charred corpse, 1991. © Bruno Barbey / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT CITY — At the Al-Sabah Hospital, the body of a Kuwaiti man shows
signs of torture, 1991. © Abbas / Magnum Photos
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WASHINGTON — An anti-war demonstration, January 1991.
© Carl De Keyzer / Magnum Photos
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WASHINGTON — An anti-war demonstration, January 1991.
© Carl De Keyzer / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT CITY — A U.S. military police officer, 1991.
© Abbas / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT CITY — An elephant shot by an Iraqi soldier fleeing the city, 1991.
© Abbas / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT — A Kuwaiti attempts to graze his herds on oil-polluted plains,
1991. © Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
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SAUDI ARABIA — A bird after an oil spill off the coast, 1991.
© Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT — The aftermath of the war, 1991.
© Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT — U.S. Marines. The Burgan oil fields burn in the background,
1991. © Bruno Barbey / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT — U.S. soldiers surround destroyed Iraqi tanks in the Burgan oil
fields, 1991. © Bruno Barbey / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT — A U.S. soldier, part of a column of U.S. and Egyptian troops
withdrawing from Kuwait, headed to Saudi Arabia, 1991. © Abbas / Magnum Photos
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SAUDI ARABIA — A member of the French Foreign Legion during anti-
chemical exercises, 1990. © Abbas / Magnum Photos
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KUWAIT — A Kuwaiti boy covered in black dust plays near an oil fire, 1991.
© Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
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NEW YORK — A welcome-home parade for Gulf War soldiers, 1991.
© Eli Reed / Magnum Photos
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NEW YORK — A welcome-home parade for Gulf War soldiers, 1991.
© Susan Meiselas / Magnum Photos
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SAUDI ARABIA — 1990.
© Abbas / Magnum Photos
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