*Ø* Blogmanac February 26, 1991 | General McCaffrey's Highway of Death
Unknown to journalists, in the last two days before the cease-fire, American armoured bulldozers were ruthlessly deployed, mostly at night, burying Iraqis alive in their trenches, including the wounded. Six months later New York Newsday disclosed that three brigades of the 1st Mechanised Infantry Division – ‘The Big Red One’ – used snow plows mounted on tanks and combat earth movers to bury thousands of Iraqi soldiers – some alive – in more than 70 miles of trenches.
John Pilger on the Highway of Death; Hidden Agendas
1991 Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announced the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait in compliance with UN Resolution 660.
The Highway of Death: America's "turkey shoot" war crime
In accordance with UN resolutions, Iraqi troops were commanded by President Saddam Hussein to withdraw from Kuwait. America bombarded the retreating soldiers. More than 2,000 vehicles and tens of thousands of charred and dismembered bodies littered the sixty miles of highway.
The clear rapid incineration of the human beings suggests the use of napalm, phosphorus, or other incendiary bombs, anti-personnel weapons outlawed under the 1977 Geneva Protocols ...
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Unknown to journalists, in the last two days before the cease-fire, American armoured bulldozers were ruthlessly deployed, mostly at night, burying Iraqis alive in their trenches, including the wounded. Six months later New York Newsday disclosed that three brigades of the 1st Mechanised Infantry Division – ‘The Big Red One’ – used snow plows mounted on tanks and combat earth movers to bury thousands of Iraqi soldiers – some alive – in more than 70 miles of trenches.
John Pilger on the Highway of Death; Hidden Agendas
1991 Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announced the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait in compliance with UN Resolution 660.
The Highway of Death: America's "turkey shoot" war crime
In accordance with UN resolutions, Iraqi troops were commanded by President Saddam Hussein to withdraw from Kuwait. America bombarded the retreating soldiers. More than 2,000 vehicles and tens of thousands of charred and dismembered bodies littered the sixty miles of highway.
The clear rapid incineration of the human beings suggests the use of napalm, phosphorus, or other incendiary bombs, anti-personnel weapons outlawed under the 1977 Geneva Protocols ...
This is just a snippet of today's stories. Read all about today in folklore, historical oddities, inspiration and alternatives at the Wilson's Almanac Book of Days, every day. Click today's date when you're there.
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