College of Engineering

Name of Student: Karl Jezreel T. Camarao Year/Section : BSMEC4-A

Subject: Environmental Science
QUIZ NO. 2 2ND SEMESTER

Give the full description, cause, problem delivered, and the given solution of the following
environmental problem man made phenomena.

a. Gulf War: (Marine Pollution)

Causes Effects
The Gulf War actually started when Iraq Most of the economic costs were
was at war with Iran. During this war Iran incurred by Iraq. Losses in military
was not only attacking Iraq but also equipment alone totaled over $50
attacking oil tankers from Kuwait at sea billion. The cost of the war to the
too. To support the ending of the war United States was calculated by the
Kuwait financially aided Iraq by lending the U.S. Congress to be $61.1 billion.
country 14 Billion US Dollars. Iraq tried to
convince Kuwait to dissolve the debt as Iraq
had done Kuwait a favour by being at war
with Iran, Kuwait declined and this caused a
rift between the two countries.
Next Iraq started alleging that Kuwait was Over 1,000 Kuwaiti civilians were
drilling in a diagonal manner into Iraq oil killed by
field territory over the border; this would Iraqis. More
mean that Kuwait was stealing Iraq’s oil. than 600
Kuwaitis went
missing
during Iraq's
occupation.
Saddam Hussein decided that he had no 146 American soldiers died and 47
other option but military might so he British soldiers.
stationed 100,000 troops on the border
and in early August invaded Kuwait. As the
Iraqi forces invaded and took over Kuwait
they set fire to hundreds of Kuwaiti oil
fields on the way.
Solution
The invasion of Kuwait led to a United Nations Security Council embargo and sanctions on
Iraq and a U.S.-led coalition air and ground war, which began on January 16, 1991, and ended
with an Iraqi defeat and retreat from Kuwait on February 28, 1991.
Search for a Peaceful Settlement
The international community took the basic stance of urging Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait on
Iraq's own initiative through strict implementation of economic sanctions against Iraq,
thereby bringing about a peaceful solution to the problem.
Peace Restoring Efforts by the International Community
The U.N. Security Council declared on August 2, the very day of the invasion, that the Iraqi
action of ignoring the basic order of the international community was a violation of
international law and adopted Resolution 660, which required the immediate and
unconditional withdrawal of the Iraqi forces.