August, 1990 Iraq invades Kuwait

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August, 1990Iraq invades Kuwait
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World War I the Colonial Period

• Hussein-McMahon Correspondence of 1915
• I am authorized to give you the following
  pledges on behalf of the Government of Great
  Britain, and to reply as follows to you note
  That subject to the modifications stated above,
  Great Britain is prepared to recognize and uphold
  the independence of the Arabs in all the regions
  lying within the frontiers proposed by the Sharif
  of Mecca.

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Independence Denied

• Sykes -Picot Agreement of 1916
• Balfour Declaration
• Creation of Iraq

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August, 1990Iraq invades Kuwait
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I saw the Iraqi soldiers come into the hospital
with guns, and go into the room where 15 babies
were in incubators and left the babies on the
cold floor to die. 15 year-old Nayireh
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Craig Fuller, Chief of Staff to Vice-President
Bush
Craig Fuller
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The Real Impact 635,000 Iraqi Children Die
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Shortly after sunrise on March 16, 1968, a
bright, clear, warm day, the helicopters began
lifting approximately 80 men of Company C (First
Battalion, 20th Infantry, 11th Light Infantry
Brigade) from the base camp at Landing Zone
Dottie and delivering them 11 kilometers away in
the paddies west of My Lai 4.Our landing zone
was the outskirts of town, on the left flank.
There were about 25 of us and we went directly
into the village. There wasnt any enemy fire.
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American Soldier Sets Fire to Village
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Guys were about to shoot these people,
photographer Ron Haeberle remembers. I yelled,
Hold it, and shot my picture. As I walked away,
I heard M-16s open up. From the corner of my eye
I saw bodies falling, but I didnt turn to look.
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My Lai Village, Vietnam
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Haeberle found these bodies on a road leading
from the village. Most were women and babies. It
looked as if they tried to get away. March 16,
1968.
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This man and two little boys popped up from
nowhere. The GIs I was with opened up, then moved
in close to finish them.
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My Lai, Vietnam
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Colin Powell, then a young US Army Major, was
charged with investigating the massacre. Powell
wrote "In direct refutation of this portrayal is
the fact that relations between American soldiers
and the Vietnamese people are excellent."
Colin Powell, Vietnam 1969
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Ronald Redenhour
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Vietnam War Protests
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Lieutenant William Calley in 1969 and 1999