How does war affect the environment?

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Justin Wesley

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Jan 6, 2016, 11:30:10 AM1/6/16

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Air, water and soil are polluted, man and animal are killed, and numerous health affects occur among those still living. Weapons, the destruction of structures and oil fields, fires, military transport movements and chemical spraying are all examples of the destroying impact war may have on the environment.

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Nora Harstford

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Jan 11, 2016, 9:07:52 PM1/11/16

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During the 1991 Gulf War, the Kuwaiti oil fires were a result of the scorched earth policy of Iraqi military forces retreating from Kuwait in 1991 after conquering the country but being driven out by Coalition military forces. The Gulf War oil spill, regarded as the worst oil spill in history, was caused when Iraqi forces opened valves at the Sea Island oil terminal and dumped oil from several tankers into the Persian Gulf.