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| Tuesday, 16 January, 2001, 08:45 GMT In pictures: Desert Storm Ten years after the Gulf War, BBC News Online looks back at images from the conflict: ![]() A Kuwaiti soldier with a machine gun stands silhouetted on the skyline ![]() British Army soldiers are given injections against the effects of a possible chemical atteck ![]() British and US forces prepare to launch laser-guided bombs on Iraq ![]() A US soldier examines the wreckage of a missile, believed to be a Scud, which landed in Saudi Arabia ![]() A cow stands in front of burning oil wells, set alight by retreating Iraqi forces in the al-Ahmadi oil fields near Kuwait City ![]() French soldiers patrol under a mural of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in Southern Iraq ![]() An Egyptian soldier guards Iraqi prisoners in the Kuwaiti desert ![]() A Kuwaiti raises his arms in celebration as Allied forces arrive in Kuwait City ![]() Saddam Hussein speaks on television for the first time after Iraq's defeat ![]() Kuwait City celebrates after the liberation ![]() New Yorkers celebrate the end of the Gulf War |
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