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:
“Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the past is a resurrection; the past then lives in your words and you are free.”
—Jessamyn West (1902–1984)
“Ai! ai! we do worse! We are in a fix! And you’re out, Death let
you out, Death had the Mercy, you’re done with your century, done with God, done with the path thru it—”
—Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)
“There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends.”
—Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616)