A U.S. soldier from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force stands guard at
a burning oil well at the Rumayla Oilfields, March 23, 2003 in Iraq.
Several oil wells have been set ablaze by retreating Iraqi troops in
the Ramayla area, the second largest offshore oilfield in the country,
near the Kuwaiti border. REUTERS/Ian Waldie/POOL

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