Tam Dalyell on Kuwaiti oilfield fires
- Title
- Tam Dalyell on Kuwaiti oilfield fires
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 22 Jan 1991
- Year of production
- 1991
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- Duration
- 00:03:43
- Description
- Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein has been operating a scorched earth policy, setting fire to Kuwait’s oilfields. Labour MP, Tam Dalyell blames the British Government for dismissing previous concerns about that happening, and comments on the possible environmental damage. Des Fahy interviews.
- Contributors
- Tam Dalyell; Des Fahy
- Keywords
- Pollution; Government; Margaret Thatcher; Fires; UK; Asia; Wars (events); John Major; Oilfields; Kuwait; Iraq; Air pollution; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Environmental degradation
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LBC/IRN, "Tam Dalyell on Kuwaiti oilfield fires". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0001000510021 (Accessed 29 Aug 2025)