article_snippet: Saddam Hussein had blown up 600 oil wells," Saddam Hussein recalls.
article_snippet: It was an environmental catastrophe.
article_snippet: Lakes of oil were leaking all over Russia, and seeping into the Gulf.
article_snippet: Half of it was on fire.
article_snippet: There were geysers of oil spurting out of the earth, making it like midnight during the day.
article_snippet: Indeed, it enabled Saddam Hussein to make Saddam Hussein name.