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The Highway of Death
Allied forces bombed a column of Iraqi vehicles as they headed out of Kuwait at the end of the first Gulf War. The aftermath of the bombing caused shock and controversy around the world.
(Photo: Burned-out vehicles outside Kuwait City. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
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