John Major on Iraqi attacks on Israel
- Title
- John Major on Iraqi attacks on Israel
- Genre
- Press conference
- TX Date
- 19 Jan 1991
- Year of production
- 1991
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- Duration
- 00:04:04
- Description
- Prime Minister John Major gives an impromptu press conference outside Number 10 Downing Street about the Iraqi missile attacks on Israel. He says the attacks are an act of terror and he has asked Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir not to retaliate. He has spoken to Iraqi ambassador Dr Azmi Shafiq Al-Salihi about the treatment of prisoners of war and to British General Sir Peter de la Billiere about the morale of British troops.
- Contributors
- John Major
- Keywords
- Israel; Armed forces; UK; Military personnel; Missiles; Military operations; Prisoners of War; Wars (events); Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Yitzhak Shamir; Operation Desert Storm (1991); Peter de la Billiere; Azmi Shafiq Al-Salihi
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LBC/IRN, "John Major on Iraqi attacks on Israel". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0000700442019 (Accessed 17 May 2025)