Highway of Death
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highway-of-death-175-1963272
title:
Highway of Death
text:
The Highway of Death is a six-lane highway between Kuwait and Iraq, officially known as Highway 80. It runs from Kuwait City to the border town of Safwan in Iraq and then on to the Iraqi city of Basra. The road was used by Iraqi armored divisions for the 1990 invasion of Kuwait. It was repaired after the Gulf War and used by U.S. and British forces in the initial stages of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. During the American-led coalition offensive in the Persian Gulf War, American, Canadian, British,
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Road in Iraq
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Death
date created:
2004-10-01T10:18:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T01:53:22Z
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