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The Highway of Death (Arabic: طريق الموت ṭarīq al-mawt) is a six-lane highway between Kuwait and Iraq, officially known as Highway 80. It runs from Kuwait City to the border town of Safwan in Iraq and then on to the Iraqi city of Basra. The road was used by Iraqi armored divisions for the 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
A U.S. Navy Seabee mans a vehicle-mounted machine gun while travelling through Al Hillah, Iraq in May 2003. The Triangle of Death is a name given to a region south of Baghdad during the 2003–2011 occupation of Iraq by the U.S. and allied forces [1] which saw major combat activity and sectarian violence from early 2003 into the fall of 2007.
Iraq has a network of highways connecting it from the inside among the Iraq provinces and to the outside neighboring countries: Iran, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. When Saddam Hussein visited the United States in the 1980s, he was impressed by the size and infrastructure of the highway system.
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Highway 11 (Iraq) Highway 12 (Iraq) Highway of Death; List of highways in Iraq; R. Royal Road
The fire happened in Iraq’s Nineveh province in its Hamdaniya area, authorities said. Television footage showed flames rushing over the wedding hall as the fire took hold. Civil defense ...
The Triangle of Death a cinéma vérité documentary which follows the day to day combat experiences of the riflemen of Echo 3rd Platoon from 2nd battalion 24th Marines of the United States Marine Corps, while deployed in the Iraq Sunni Triangle of Death. The film also documents the first Iraqi election in 2005 after the fall of Saddam Hussein.
The term "highway of death" is a relatively simple construction, there is no indication that this particular use is really related to the actual historical event. The newsweek source you cite is fairly weak, only mentioning that the game refers to a "highway of death" and then describing the real thing.