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Originally, this tower was going to be name the Kuwait Telecommunications Tower and construction began before Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, but was halted when the war began. Iraq invaded Kuwait because they believed that Kuwait was producing more oil than was agreed upon by OPEC, thus lowering oil prices across the globe. Because Iraq's economy depends so heavily upon oil this is clearly a good reason to cause a dispute between the two nations. After Iraq was removed from Kuwait in 1991, construction on the structure, which was amazingly undamaged, then continued. When it was completed in 1996 the tower was renamed Liberation Tower symbolizing Kuwait's liberation from Iraq. This tower was once the 5th tallest structure in the world.