Word: help
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...embassy. But the Emir, Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah, and his family were able to flee to Saudi Arabia by helicopter. Though the invaders had quickly seized Kuwait's radio and television station, a hidden transmitter continued to broadcast exhortations to resist the raiding foreigners and pleas for help from other Arab states. "O Arabs, Kuwait's blood and honor are being violated. Rush to its rescue!" cried a voice thought to be the crown prince's. "The children, the women, the old men of Kuwait are calling...
...Though help never came, Kuwaiti troops put up small pockets of resistance. At the palace, the country's symbolic heart, the Kuwaitis held their own through a two-hour artillery barrage. During the battle, the Emir's younger brother Fahd was killed. The Iraqi force assigned to secure the oil rigs off Kuwait's shores saw the most action. Kuwaiti troops and missile boats managed to sink and burn an unknown number of Iraqi landing craft and escort ships. By early afternoon, however, nearly all Kuwait's guns had been silenced. In all, it is estimated that 200 Kuwaitis were...
...Indian citizens. Johnson, whose troops occupy much of the capital and have besieged the mansion of President Samuel K. Doe, said he wanted the arrests "to create an international incident, so foreign troops can come in to intervene." The rebel leader may have thought that a foreign presence would help to topple Doe. At the White House Sunday morning, presidential press secretary Marlin Fitzwater made it clear the U.S. was not taking sides. The Marines' landing, he said, "does not indicate or constitute any intention on the part of the U.S. government to intervene militarily in the Liberian conflict...
...Supreme Court. Imposingly named the Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, the panel has no official standing, but its three possible assessments of nominees -- well qualified, qualified or not qualified -- carry clout in the Senate during confirmation hearings and votes. Intriguingly, one of the new A.B.A. committee members who will help rate Judge Souter is William J. Brennan III, a partner in a Princeton, N.J., law firm and the son of the retiring Justice whom Souter hopes to replace...
...drastic shock-style policies, Fujimori hinted that he would cut price subsidies, raise taxes and streamline state-owned companies. Even by conservative estimates, such severe steps would cause inflation to skyrocket to 250% a month, exacerbate the recession and erode the salaries of the workers who elected Fujimori to help them...