This license is for scooters and mopeds with no more than 50 cc (3.1 cu in), and a maximum speed of 45 km/h (28 mph). E.U. member countries that had not fully implemented the E.U. directive that refers to the moped and other drivers license categories had to do so by 2013 at the latest.
These fires constituted approximately 50% of the total number of oil well fires in the history of the petroleum industry, and damaged or destroyed approximately 85% of the wells in every major Kuwaiti oil field. Concerted efforts to bring the fires and other damage under control began in April 1991.
Invasion of Kuwait. Happened in August 1990 for a few reasons. Iraq wanted the Ports on the Persian Gulf that had been lost during world war I. Iraq claimed to be supporting a popular movement to overthrow the government in Kuwait although there was no movement. Iraq claimed that Kuwait was tapping into oil fields on the Iraq side of the border.