Environmental scars of Gulf War linger

RELATED VIDEO CNN's Natalie Pawelski reports on Kuwait's scarred earth Windows Media 28K 80K

June 1, 1999
Web posted at: 7:01 p.m. EDT (2301 GMT)

KUWAIT (CNN) -- The environmental terrorism of the Gulf War created some of the conflict's most lasting and disturbing images: vast fires, petroleum lakes, an ocean thick with oil.

In the eight years since then, Kuwait has been the site of remarkable cleanup efforts. But the results are mixed. CNN's Natalie Pawelski gives a progress report on the nation's recovery from catastrophe.

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