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Warbah Island ({{lang-ar|جزيرة وربة}}) is an island belonging to Kuwait, located in the Persian Gulf, near the mouth of the Euphrates River. It is located roughly {{convert|100|m|yd}} east of the Kuwaiti mainland, {{convert|1.5|km}} north of Bubiyan Island and {{convert|1|km}} south of the Iraqi mainland. It is roughly {{convert|15|km}} long and {{convert|5|km|mi|abbr=off}} wide with a total area of {{convert|37|km2|sqmi|abbr=off}}. The island is essentially a large mud flat.

The island has no permanent inhabitants although the government maintains a coastguard post, named M-1 on the island which is partially funded by the United Nations.^[1]

In November 1994, Iraq formally accepted the UN-demarcated border with Kuwait which had been spelled out in Security Council Resolutions 687 (1991), 773 (1993), and 833 (1993) which formally ended an earlier claim to Warbah Island.^[2]

Near the island in early December 2002, in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, an Iraqi ship opened fire on two Kuwaiti coastguard patrol boats, causing them to collide. A US serviceman and two Kuwaiti coastguards were injured in the attack, no mention was made of the reason for the US serviceman's presence.^[3]^[4]

References

1. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.un.org/documents/ga/docs/55/a55811.pdf | title = Budget for the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission for the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002 | publisher = United Nations | date = 2007-01-14}}
2. ^{{cite web | url = http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1378818 | title = CIA World Fact Book - Iraq | publisher = everything2.com | date = 2007-01-14}}
3. ^{{cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2537275.stm | title = Iraqis 'shot at Kuwaiti vessels' | publisher = BBC | date = 2007-01-14}}
4. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2002-12/06/article91.shtml | title = U.S. Soldier, Two Kuwaiti Coastguards Wounded in Vessel Collision | publisher = islamonline.net | date = 2007-01-14}}