British hostages in convoy to Baghdad
- Title
- British hostages in convoy to Baghdad
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 4 Sep 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:03:03
- Description
- British Ambassador to Iraq, Harold Walker, speaks to James Bays about the journey being made by a convoy of 7 coaches containing 306 hostage women and children from Kuwait to Baghdad which he has been organising. He denies they are at risk of bandits. It is hoped they will receive exit visas quickly and be flown out of Iraq. Audio quality poor.
- Contributors
- Harold Walker; James Bays
- Keywords
- Hostages; Diplomats; Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Baghdad; Amman
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LBC/IRN, "British hostages in convoy to Baghdad". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0008100515010 (Accessed 11 May 2025)