Fill in the blank the iraqi government agreed to a truce and withdrew from kuwait, but not before setting fire to many fields.

Oil fields. It was very well known that during the operation Desert Storm, when United States in 1991 fought the Iraqi Government as a result for the invasion to Kuwait, as the Iraqi troops withdrew, they set fire to many oild fields as a retailiation against the United States, possibly meaning by that that they were not willing to let the oil fall on their hands.

tearing down the berlin wall.