Things were getting just a teensy bit out of hand.
– ABC Information Network News – August 5, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection –
News for this August 5th in 1990 was unsettling, taken with a grain of salt accompanied by shrugged shoulders.
While the situation in Kuwait was achieving uncertainty, U.S. Marines were wading ashore in Liberia in an effort to evacuate American Citizens, stuck in the middle of intense fighting between government and rebel forces waging civil war. The streets of Monrovia, the Liberian capital, were something of a free-for-all zone. And fears of mass American casualties was rife. So . . .”send in the Marines” – and they came ashore on this August 5th and were knee-deep in the evacuation process.
And reports from Kuwait on this August 5th told of supposed Iraqi withdrawal of its invasion force, but leaving behind a policing army equal in size to the invading one. Also was installed a puppet government, claimed by Iraq to be freely elected by the Kuwaiti people – yet, no one seemed to know who these people were. The purported calm being touted by the Iraqi government belied the fact that things were just as tense and getting more tense by the minute.
And while civil war was raging in Monrovia, that’s just a sample of what was going on this August 5th in 1990 as reported by the ABC Radio Information Network News.
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Meanwhile . . .Back In Monrovia: Civil War In Liberia – Purported Calm In Kuwait – Hurricane Season – August 5, 1990
– ABC Information Network News – August 5, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection –
News for this August 5th in 1990 was unsettling, taken with a grain of salt accompanied by shrugged shoulders.
While the situation in Kuwait was achieving uncertainty, U.S. Marines were wading ashore in Liberia in an effort to evacuate American Citizens, stuck in the middle of intense fighting between government and rebel forces waging civil war. The streets of Monrovia, the Liberian capital, were something of a free-for-all zone. And fears of mass American casualties was rife. So . . .”send in the Marines” – and they came ashore on this August 5th and were knee-deep in the evacuation process.
And reports from Kuwait on this August 5th told of supposed Iraqi withdrawal of its invasion force, but leaving behind a policing army equal in size to the invading one. Also was installed a puppet government, claimed by Iraq to be freely elected by the Kuwaiti people – yet, no one seemed to know who these people were. The purported calm being touted by the Iraqi government belied the fact that things were just as tense and getting more tense by the minute.
Back home – Tense came in the form of a Hurricane watch, as Hurricane Diana grew in strength and was heading towards the Yucatan Peninsula. After that was anybody’s guess.
And while civil war was raging in Monrovia, that’s just a sample of what was going on this August 5th in 1990 as reported by the ABC Radio Information Network News.
As you probably know by now, Past Daily is going through a few changes. Over the past several months we’ve been introducing new features and losing old ones. We’ve begun to run ads, only because we really need the income to stay online and hope this isn’t a problem. Of course, if you consider subscribing and becoming a Patron via Patreon, you get the posts ad-free and the option to download all the audio we post here – our way of saying thank you for your support. Joining Patreon is easy and we’ve made it even easier for you by offering you a free trial to kick the tires, as it were. All you have to do is click on the red box just below, the one that says Become A Patron, and be part of the family. We’ll be offering more perks as time goes on – but we need to get stable first and we can only do that with your support. So do everybody a favor and join us – we’d love to have you!
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