Channel: We Are The Mighty

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Description: On August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein's Iraq invaded neighboring Kuwait with little warning. During that time, Hussein prevented many foreigners in Iraq from leaving while also bringing foreigners captured in Kuwait to Iraq. The hostages were mostly citizens of Western countries critical of the Iraqi invasion and many worked at the Baghdad General Motors plant. After the UN gave Hussein the January 16 deadline to pull out of Kuwait, 15 Americans were moved to strategic locations inside Iraq to be used as human shields in the event of retaliatory strikes from the multinational force that was growing larger by the day. In October, Hussein released the foreign women and children held in Iraq. Many in the State Department feared the remaining hostages would be killed when Coalition forces engaged the Iraqis in Kuwait, either by friendly fire or by their Iraqi captors. That's when the "Greatest of All Time" stepped in the international arena. For more subscribe: bit.ly/2ojIN9o Get more We Are The Mighty: wearethemighty.com facebook.com/themighty instagram.com/wearethemighty twitter.com/wearethemighty Host: U.S. Navy Veteran August Dannehl All music licensed through Jingle Punks