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  • Eventually, the two organizations hope to construct a desalination plant in Al Khafji, Saudi Arabia that can harness sunlight to generate 7.9 million gallons of water daily — enough for 100,000 people.

    Ariel Schwartz | Inhabitat 2010

  • Eventually, the two organizations hope to construct a desalination plant in Al Khafji, Saudi Arabia that can harness sunlight to generate 7.9 million gallons of water daily — enough for 100,000 people.

    IBM's New Solar Desalination Tech Could Create Rivers in the Desert | Inhabitat 2010

  • Morris is a former Marine and the author of Storm On The Horizon: Khafji-The Battle That Changed the Course of the Gulf War, as well as the forthcoming book preliminarily entitled “The Big Suck.”

    What Local Author Would You Rave About?-Take Two - Reading Local: Portland 2009

  • Then there was Saddam's forlorn attack on Khafji, when he began to think, "We are going to kick this guy's tail."

    A Soldier Of Conscience 2008

  • Of the three government-run desalination plants in Saudi's Eastern Province, the Khafji facility had been shut on Jan. 15 because the civilian population it served had been evacuated just before Desert Storm; by the weekend the ooze of oil had reached the Khafji intake valves.

    Saddam's Ecoterror 2008

  • He sends them into Saudi Arabia on a suicide mission to capture the town of Khafji.

    The Blunderer From Baghdad 2008

  • Then he ordered a ground assault, secure in the knowledge that the Iraqi forces were poor fighters: at the battle of Khafji, Saddam's top-gun Fifth Division had surrendered en masse after a brief exchange of fire.

    A Mountain Of A Man 2008

  • It was much more intense than when I was at Khafji before the battle there two weeks ago.

    'Keep The Pressure Up' 2008

  • Four weeks after Khafji, he put the entire Iraqi Army to rout.

    A Mountain Of A Man 2008

  • He was killed by friendly fire in a battle near Khafji.

    Fallen Comrades 2008

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