Death
In August 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait with 100,000 soldiers, against a Kuwaiti army of 16,000 soldiers, taking the Kuwaitis completely by surprise. As Kuwait was being overrun, The Emir fled the country. Sheikh Fahad was shot and killed by invading Iraqi forces as he attempted to defend Dasman Palace.
Read more about this topic: Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Famous quotes containing the word death:
“Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked.”
—Ambrose (c. 333–397)
“Your father was ever virtuous, and holy men at their death have good inspirations.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Sin their conception, their birth weeping,
Their life a general mist of error,
Their death a hideous storm of terror.”
—John Webster (c. 1580–1638)