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throwaway54-762 on July 19, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Shell social media oil spill a 'coordinated online...

I'm curious / young / ignorant -- can you give me a link or name of the big oil spill caused by the totalitarian government?

Lammy on July 19, 2012 [–]

They're most likely referring to the spill and fires set by Iraq in 1991:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_oil_spill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwaiti_oil_fires

throwaway54-762 on July 19, 2012 | [–]

Thanks!

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