I’ve seen photos and there is a brief clip of it in the Imax movie here about the oil fires. The Hungarians replaced the turret from an old Russian tank with 2 turbines from a Mig 21. Water is injected in the exhaust, they throttle up and distinguish the fire. For more interesting uses of [...]

I found this important post on Intlxpatr It’s important not to get too complacent and be careful about crime of all types. I received this notification this morning from the American Women’s League of Kuwait, guidance from the US Embassy: We received a report that the spouse of an American citizen was kidnapped and sexually [...]

I think it must have been bombed out in the Gulf War. It is in North Kuwait next to an Oula Gas Station. View Larger Map

Click on the image above to see it large at Flickr. I’m trying to figure out a quick and easy way to embed draggable panoramas. Then after reading the newspaper and having a coffee at the Hilton you could see the moon through the clouds – or is that through the dust. These also prove [...]

It was very clear today on the drive to site. You can see Kuwait City across the bay about 25 km to the south. You can here or click on the photo for a larger version. The blue marker on the map below is from where the photo was taken. View Kuwait City across the [...]