The Mutla Ridge is located in Jahra Governorate. It is the most prominent elevation in Kuwait, standing at 466 feet (142 metres) high, while it is not the highest point in the country.
Abandoned vehicles clog the Basra-Kuwait highway out of Kuwait City after the retreat of Iraqi forces, 1991
During the Gulf War, the Iraq forces were going to launch bombs while they were on the ridge to threaten Saudi Arabia. In February 1991, American aircraft attacked retreating Iraqi forces fleeing Kuwait in the direction of Basra on the "Highway of Death."[1]
Coalition forces later used the rocky outcropping for communication towers, to communicate with troops in Iraq.
During operation "Desert Spring" in 2003, a detachment of the OklahomaNational Guard 45th division 1/179 infantry B company followed by the Indiana National Guard watched and defended the outpost until late in the war, when they were moved to Tallil Air Base in Iraq. Also watching over the Ridge in 2003, was the 946th Transportation Co., a reserve unit, out of Lewes, DE.
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^DeGhett, Torie Rose (2014-08-08). "The War Photo No One Would Publish". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
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