Wife of shot businessman pleads for return of body
- Title
- Wife of shot businessman pleads for return of body
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 15 Aug 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:01:27
- Description
- Thelma Croskery, the wife of British businessman Douglas Croskery, shot dead by Iraqi troops whilst trying to escape from Kuwait, makes an emotional plea to the Iraqis to release her husband’s body. She also appeals to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for help. Female interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Thelma Croskery
- Keywords
- Deaths; Margaret Thatcher; Wars (events); Occupied territories; Kuwait; Civilians; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Douglas Croskery
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