Kuwait City, Kuwait

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In the years since liberation, Kuwait City has developed into a remarkably easygoing place, though not without a price. During the occupation, Iraqis systematically looted the museum. Today, the Kuwait Towers have become city's main landmark, the largest of the three standing a lofty 187m (615ft). The National Museum, once the pride of Kuwait and its centrepiece, used to house the Al-Sabah collection, one of the most important collections of Islamic art in the world. Having cleaned out the building, the Iraqis smashed everything they could and then set what was left on fire.

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