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Nurse Nayirah

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The Resume

    (circa 1975- )
    Born in Kuwait
    Birth name was Nijirah al-Sabah
    Testified before Congress about atrocities committed by Iraqi troops in Kuwait (October, 1990)
    Claimed to witness soldiers killing hundreds of infants at Al Adan hospital: 'They took the babies out of the incubators, took the incubators, and left the babies on the cold floor to die'

Why she might be annoying:

    She claimed to be a Kuwaiti refugee, but was actually the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador to the US.
    Actual nurses at the maternity ward testified that they had never seen Nayirah there and that the baby-dumping never happened.
    She was part of a $14 million dollar campaign by the PR firm Hill & Knowlton to build support for Desert Storm.
    As late as 2002, HBO presented her allegations as true in 'Live from Baghdad.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She is a good actress.
    Hill & Knowlton got their money's worth from her.
    National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft noted her tale was 'useful in mobilizing public opinion.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 9 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 104 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 22 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 39 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 457 Votes: 51.20% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 494 Votes: 56.68% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 40 Votes: 97.50% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 133 Votes: 64.66% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 368 Votes: 65.49% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 431 Votes: 59.40% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 280 Votes: 69.64% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 84.21% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 148 Votes: 78.38% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 53 Votes: 69.81% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 40 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 57 Votes: 75.44% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 73 Votes: 73.97% Annoying