Location:
Kuwait City, Kuwait, Kuwait
Post Date:
Nov 17, 2023 1:39 PM
TAG ID:
polspphotostwo093733
(RM)
Credit:
Allan Tannenbaum/Polaris/Newscom
Format:
5383 x 3634 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Allan Tannenbaum
Keywords:
bread, deportation, food line, Iraq, Kuwait, Palestinians, war, water, #EDT, NEW
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
March 17, 1991 - Kuwait City, Kuwait: Palestinians wait for bread at the central bakery in Kuwait City. Kuwaiti authorities make the Palestinians wait in a special line behind Kuwaiti citizens because PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat supported Saddam Hussein in his invasion of Kuwait. Many also participated in the looting carried out by Iraqi troops. 200,000 Palestinians who fled the war were not allowed back in to Kuwait, and the remaining 200,000 were given one week to leave the country, losing their jobs and homes. The sky is dark with smoke from the fires in the oil fields set by Iraqi troops. (Allan Tannenbaum / Polaris)