Milestones

Ten years ago: President Bush, addressing the U.N. General Assembly, again condemned Iraq’s takeover of Kuwait, but also suggested an unconditional military withdrawal could help speed an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Five years ago: Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman and nine other defendants were convicted in New York of conspiring to attack the United States through bombings, assassinations and kidnappings.

One year ago: South Korean activists thanked the U.S. government for promising to investigate a report that U.S. forces allegedly killed several hundred refugees at the start of the Korean War. But the protesters also demanded the United States punish some of the veterans involved and compensate the victims’ relatives.