Saddam calls for religious uprising
- Title
- Saddam calls for religious uprising
- Genre
- Speech
- TX Date
- 5 Sep 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:01:39
- Description
- A CNN translator interprets Saddam Hussein’s statement on Iraqi TV (heard in background). He is calling for a holy war, for Muslims in Egypt and Saudi Arabia to rise against their leaders and says Allah has chosen the Iraqis to lead such a war.
- Contributors
- CNN; Saddam Hussein
- Keywords
- Egypt; Television; Saudi Arabia; Islam; Arabs; Religious conflicts; Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Muslims; Allah
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LBC/IRN, "Saddam calls for religious uprising". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0008100515023 (Accessed 23 Apr 2025)