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Kuwait celebrates 50th Independence Day
Kuwait also commemorates 20th anniversary of the country’s liberation from Saddam Hussein’s forces
British armed forces pass by spectators during a military parade to commemorate both the twentieth anniversary since the country’s liberation from Saddam Hussein’s forces and 50 years since Kuwait gained independence from Britain in 1961 (Getty Images)
Kuwaiti military planes perform an air show during a military parade to commemorate both the twentieth anniversary since the country’s liberation from Saddam Hussein’s forces and 50 years since Kuwait gained independence from Britain in 1961 (Getty Images)
French armed forces take part in a military parade to commemorate both the twentieth anniversary since the country’s liberation from Saddam Hussein’s forces and 50 years since Kuwait gained independence from Britain in 1961 (Getty Images)
Kuwaiti armed forces take part in a military parade to commemorate both the twentieth anniversary since the country’s liberation from Saddam Hussein’s forces and 50 years since Kuwait gained independence from Britain in 1961 (Getty Images)
US armed forces take part in a military parade to commemorate both the twentieth anniversary since the country’s liberation from Saddam Hussein’s forces and 50 years since Kuwait gained independence from Britain in 1961 (Getty Images)
British armed forces pass by spectators during a military parade to commemorate both the twentieth anniversary since the country’s liberation from Saddam Hussein’s forces and 50 years since Kuwait gained independence from Britain in 1961 (Getty Images)
British armed forces pass by portraits of Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Sabah and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al Ahmed al Sabah during a military parade (Getty Images)
Fireworks light the sky near the Kuwait Towers in Kuwait City on February 25, 2011 during celebrations marking the Gulf state’s 50th Independence Day (Getty Images)
Fireworks light the sky near the Kuwait Towers in Kuwait City on February 25, 2011 during celebrations marking the Gulf state’s 50th Independence Day (Getty Images)
People take pictures of fireworks in Kuwait City on February 25, 2011 during celebrations marking the Gulf state’s 50th Independence Day (Getty Images)
