LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Gulf War strikes start

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

18 Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:36

Description

Paul Rowley reports on preliminary discussions between US President George H. W. Bush and UK Prime Minister John Major to set up military operations against Iraq, and Major’s statement following the first allied air strikes last night. Major says the attack is ongoing. And reports on what other UK political leaders knew of the air strikes prior to them taking place.

Contributors

John Major; Paul Rowley

Keywords

USA; Aerial bombardment; Military operations; Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; George H. W. Bush; Operation Desert Storm (1991)

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