LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Allied forces retake Khafji despite loss of lives

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:44

Description

Unidentified female reports on the recapturing of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, by allied forces. Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein is continuing to send more troops. US security analyst Anthony Cordesman comments. Also reported is the death of 11 US marines from California; a US Marine Corps spokeswoman reads a message from the widow of Corporal Steve Benzlin(?). The fate of a Hercules aircraft that was probably shot down behind enemy lines is reported, and Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams makes a press statement. Finally, tension between the Allies over Iran is reported and we hear from Jacques Andriani, the French Ambassador to the USA.

Contributors

Pete Williams; Anthony Cordesman; Jacques Andriani

Keywords

USA; Iran; Deaths; Tehran; Military aircraft; France; Diplomacy; Saudi Arabia; Wars (events); War casualties; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Marines; Saddam Hussein; Khafji; Steve Benzlin(?)

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