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A Fake Testimony

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In 1990, a 15-year-old girl from Kuwait who went by “Nyirah” testified to Congress that she had witnessed Iraqi soldiers murdering infants outside of a hospital. A later discovery suggested that the PR company Hill & Knowlton had organized the girl’s testimony for a client of theirs that went by Free Kuwait.

By doing this, it appeared that Free Kuwait was hoping to push for the United States involvement in the Persian Gulf War, and it was also discovered that Nyriah was even the daughter of Kuwait’s Ambassador to the US. However, although Nyirah’s testimony was aimed to increase support for the Persian Gulf War, it has been acknowledged that the United States would have still have become involved without her testimony.