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Iraq's iron graveyard
Amid the desert’s howling winds and forsaken dunes rests an iron ruin – the Iraqi tank graveyard. The graveyard, near Al Jahrah, Kuwait in the Rheris Valley is one of many timeless reminders of the devastating outcome of war, both to humans and to the environment. Tanks and other wreckage left behind by defeated troops during the war remained on the battlefield.
The tanks were collected into 'tank graveyards' like this one, north west of Jahra. This area is full of hundreds of tanks, trucks, artillery pieces and other heaps of rusted & busted metal. They’re not just pieces of metal; in some cases, they’re coffins, relics and tombs to those killed while serving their country. The U.S. doesn’t want to bring them home because it costs less to let them rot rather than transport them back, refurbish them, and redeploy them.
this is super duper cool
ReplyDeleteHi AllerG,
ReplyDeleteI've been trying to find this place but couldn't fiond it. When I took the 80 heading North to the Iraqi border, I saw a sign for the Iron Horse Road. Although I took this road for almost 45 minutes, I didn't see anything except for 2 militaru bases. C an you please let me know the direction where to find this grave yard?
This is the only information I found about the tank graveyard. I will look for any new information and let you know.
ReplyDeletePerhaps this map will help you:
ReplyDeletehttp://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=29.413769,47.506599&spn=0.027813,0.044503&t=h&z=15
Why have you called it the 'Iraqi' tank graveyard when it is filled with American tanks on Kuwaiti land? Just curious :)
ReplyDeletethey are all iraqi tanks
ReplyDeletewe lost about 12 tanks total in the war and they were all brought back to the US.