Red Fort Palace, the site of the battle of Jahra, 1920, conflict between Kuwait and Saudi forces! This building was a palace built when the once small oasis village had grown in to a small town and notable trading point.....for camels mainly. The outskirts of this town were also where the US army defeated the Iraqi convoy's, the highway is known as the "highway of death" because it was bombed as the Iraqi soldiers retreated, the highway post bombing is stated in documentation to have been more horrific than the war scenes of Vietnam....a quote from the General that gave the order to bomb the highway "The first reason why we bombed the highway coming north out of Kuwait is because there was a great deal of military equipment on that highway, and I had given orders to all my commanders that I wanted every piece of equipment that we possibly could to be destroyed.
Secondly, this was not a bunch of innocent people just trying to make their way back across the border to Iraq. This was a bunch of rapists, murderers and thugs who had raped and pillaged downtown Kuwait City and now were trying to get out of the country before they were caught." Yikes! Army Generals Fascinate me!
On A lighter note.....Inside Marina Crescent AKA Kuwait's ST. Kathryn's Dock, 5 minutes walk from my house YAY!
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