Question

This country’s government-in-exile indirectly hired PR firm Hill & Knowlton to raise American support (-5[1])for their restoration. A girl from this country testified before Congress about seeing babies ripped from (15[1])incubators, but she was lying and was actually the daughter of this (15[1])country’s ambassador to the United States. Carl Sagan oddly predicted that scorched earth actions taken by retreating forces to ruin this country’s economy would cause a nuclear winter; in reality, a 1.5-billion-dollar (*) firefighting effort stopped hundreds of blazes in the Burgan (“bur-GAHN”) Field. This is the southernmost country where soldiers were bombed along the “Highway of Death.” This country was liberated (-5[1])by the Norman Schwarzkopf-led Operation Desert Storm. For 10 points, name this country that Saddam Hussein invaded in the Gulf War. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Kuwait [or State of Kuwait or Dawlat al-Kuwayt]
<RR, American History>
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Akshar GoyalIllinois OrangePurdue B13-5
Zach JosephNotre DameChicago B2915
Logan MathisSIUEPurdue A4115
John MarvinChicago AIllinois Blue101-5
Andrew WangIllinois BlueChicago A12310
Owyn NoblePurdue BIllinois Orange12310

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