"In 1990 a 15-year-old girl named Nayirah testified before Congress that she had seen Iraqi soldiers murder 300 Kuwaiti babies in a hospital. This was used to justify the 1991 Gulf War on humanitarian grounds. Although many people disputed the authenticity of her story at the time, and were maligned as conspiracy theorists. It turns out the girls testimony was orchestrated by the public relations firm Hill & Knowlton, with some money from the Kuwaiti royal family, and some acting lessons provided by the CIA. Nayirah was actually Nayirah al-Sabah, daughter of Saud bin Nasir Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti ambassador to the US. The events of her blubbery performance never actually occurred."
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