Going out in a blaze of fury

The Washington Times ^ | March 13, 2003

[Indy Pendance]

Khalil al-Kharji still marvels at how easy it was for the Iraqi army to blow up Kuwait's oil wells. An engineer for the state-owned oil company, Mr. al-Kharji watched in disbelief in 1990 as soldiers dangled an explosive charge down the center of an oil well at the massive Burgan oil field, where it would do the maximum damage.

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There is a difference here. If Iraq torches its own fields, the people who do it will have no place to hide.