On October 10, 1990, a girl identified only as 'Nayirah' testified before Congress that she witnessed Iraqi soldiers pulling babies from incubators in Kuwait. The testimony was cited by six senators who supported the war resolution that passed by just five votes. It was later revealed that Nayirah was the daughter of Kuwait's ambassador to the US, coached by PR firm Hill & Knowlton (paid $10.7M by Citizens for a Free Kuwait). Human Rights Watch investigated and found no evidence for the incubator claims. The entire testimony was fabricated war propaganda.
A 15-year-old girl's tearful testimony about Iraqi soldiers killing babies in incubators was fabricated by a PR firm to sell the Gulf War
βI saw the Iraqi soldiers come into the hospital with guns, and go into the room where 15 babies were in incubators. They took the babies out of the incubators, took the incubators, and left the babies on the cold floor to die.β
π The Receipts
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What they said vs. what the evidence shows
βOver 300 premature babies were reported to have died after Iraqi soldiers removed them from incubators.β
β Amnesty International (initially) Β· Dec 1990
π They Laughed At Us
βOver 300 premature babies were reported to have died after Iraqi soldiers removed them from incubators.β
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