200 Britons held in Baghdad hotel
- Title
- 200 Britons held in Baghdad hotel
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- 17 Aug 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:01:48
- Description
- Response to Iraq’s holding 200 Britons in a hotel in Baghdad; with an extract from a speech by British Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd, who denies overreacting, and a statement from Labour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesman, Gerald Kaufman. Reporter is Sally Arthy.
- Contributors
- Gerald Kaufman; Douglas Hurd; Sally Arthy
- Keywords
- British; Hostages; Wars (events); Civilians; Iraq; Foreigners; Gulf War (1990-1991); Baghdad
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LBC/IRN, "200 Britons held in Baghdad hotel". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0007700514008 (Accessed 15 May 2025)