LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Gulf War - oil slick, pilots and US public support

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

27 Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:49

Description

Nick Peters reports from Washington on developments in the Gulf War including the Pentagon’s response to the oil slick created by Saddam Hussein in the Gulf with spokesman Pete Williams on the destruction it will cause and why nothing was done to stop it. Also on Iraqi pilots decamping to Iran with comment from Marine General Martin Brandtner. And on US public protests against and levels of support for the war with comment from Pete Williams on concerns over casualties. And on US talks with USSR over Baltic States independence which may impact on USSR support for the war.

Contributors

Nick Peters; Pete Williams; Martin Brandtner

Keywords

USA; Iran; Political protests; USSR; Environment; Aerial bombardment; Military operations; Public opinion polls; Casualties; Oil pollution; Kuwait; Marine pollution; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Latvia; War (events); Operation Desert Storm (1991); Baltic States; Indpendence

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