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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Hipp013 on 2024-05-10 04:22:44+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of the Highway of Death, a six-lane highway between Kuwait and Iraq where US forces boxed in and then systematically slaughtered an estimated 1,000+ retreating Iraqi soldiers during the Gulf War. The devastation was so immense that President Bush Sr. declared a ceasefire the following day.