LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Further coalition air strike on Iraq

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

18 Jan 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:01:30

Description

Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind answers press questions on the further coalition air strike on military facilities which were continuing to pose a threat to coalition aircraft in the no-fly zone of southern Iraq. Says the action was taken with full approval of the international community and the UN. Says there may be various explanations for the damage inflicted on the Al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad. For Billboard programme.

Contributors

Malcolm Rifkind

Keywords

Military aircraft; UN; Aerial bombardment; Air force; Military operations; Iraq; Baghdad; Billboard (radio programme)

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