The wars over oil have significant negative effects on the environment, including water, air, and land. The use of weapons causes extensive destruction through chemicals and waste that pollute these areas. For example, the Gulf War led to oil spills in Kuwait that contaminated water sources and killed aquatic life. The burning of oil wells also released toxic substances into the atmosphere, harming animal and human health. Bombings damage infrastructure and pollute the land, destroying habitats and contaminating the soil. Countries that produce oil like Iraq, the US, Japan, and Russia have all faced environmental degradation and health impacts from wars in the region fought over oil.

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The effect of the wars on oil on the environment
The war on the oil is a battle which has more effects on the environment. The targeted environment
will include the; water, air, and the land. The damage to the environment will be inevitable. The
use of the guns and other war weapons will lead to intense destruction effects on the environment.
They have chemicals which are hazardous which targets the environment where they will produce
waste products to the atmosphere. The layout of the environment will be destroyed by the weapons
of the mass destruction where bombing will destroy the natural resources on the earth (Gerges
310). The problems associated with the war on oil has affected countries like Iraq, United States,
Japan and Russia where the effect cannot be avoided. This paper will discuss the effect of the war
on oil on the environment.
The countries that produces oil have more wells across the countries. This makes it a major
problem leading to the major impact on the environment. The oil can be seized and used as
destruction devices. The destruction of the oil will lead to a mass of the destroyed land which can
also affect other countries. The impact of the war will be more destruction than the damage caused
to the oil. For example, in Kuwait, the war led to the leaving of the country lifeless after a war on
oil broke. Oil spillage will lead to the damage of the rivers in the Iraq. The major rivers which will

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be affected will be Tigris and Euphrates. There is fear that “Saddam will divert oil to the Tigris
and Euphrates making them useless.” These rivers provide the clean water to the country. Their
contamination will affect the lives of the people since they are the source of survival. The driest
parts of the country will be affected by a shortage of the water for drinking. The pollution will lead
to spillage of the oil in other water sources which will lead to pollution of the water hence affecting
the aquatic life. The affected aquatic lives will die making the cleanups of the water points difficult
due to the arduous condition. Another aquatic environment which will be affected will be wetlands
(Le Billon 120). The seepage of the oil will lead to a destruction of the wetlands. All the aquatic
life, birds and plantations will be covered by the oil, making the penetration of the oxygen difficult
where survival of such living things difficult to survive. Again, the water sources in Japan and
Russia were also polluted by chemicals from the weapons leading death of aquatic lives.
The atmosphere can be affected by the war on the oil in the Iraq. The air can be among the targeted
component by the biological weapons, bombings and chemical weapons and effects of the oil
which are sabotaging in nature. The spread of such chemicals to the air will lead to contamination
of the air. The human beings will be affected by the chemicals spread in the environment. Animals
will be killed by the harmful gases which can be produced to the air. Example, the burning of the
Kuwaiti oil wells by the Iraq army in the 1990s, led to the production of the toxic substances to
the atmosphere affecting the life of the animals and people (Gerges 310). The bombing in Kuwait
led to production of the immense heat from the nuclear explosion which leads to the killing of the
more people. The people suffered from cancer due to atmospheric pollution. In japan and Russia
such wars has also occurred leading to suffering of people as a result of pollution to environment.
Examples, the wars in Nagasaki and Kawasaki in japan led to killing of the people.

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The war on the oil in Iraq has an effect on land as a factor of the environment. The bombing leads
to a destruction of the land. For example, the destruction of the land can have an effect on the
infrastructure. The infrastructure is among the vulnerable target by the war. The bombing and
explosions lead to the destruction of the bridges, roads, utilities and the other infrastructure. The
spillage of the chemicals covers the roads leading to affecting of the transport means in countries
like Iraq, japan, Russia and the United states.
The war on oil in Iraq led to affecting of land as a part natural environment. The chemicals and oil
were spilled on the land. The pollution of the land was caused where land was contaminated. The
contamination of the land led to the loss of the animals living in it. The oil spread over the land
preventing the free circulation of the air (Hamilton 240). The explosives also led to the damaging
of the land, destroying the homes and habitats for the other inhabitants like animals. The lands of
the countries affected by war on oil like japan, the United States and Russia have been affected.
To conclude, the countries that produce oil like Russia, Iraq and japan have been experiencing
wars. The oil wells are spread throughout thee the countries. The war led to affecting the natural
environment like land, water, and atmosphere. The contaminations of such of such environment
lead to a destruction of the land and killing of the plants, animals and the suffering among the
people in those countries. The oil spillage on the water points led to contamination of the drinking
water making the survival of the people difficult. People should stop the wars so as to reduce its
damage to the natural environment.

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Works cited
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