UK troops to be sent to Saudi Arabia
- Title
- UK troops to be sent to Saudi Arabia
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 15 Sep 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:04:06
- Description
- Paul Maurice reports on an announcement by Defence Secretary Tom King that Britain is sending 6000 troops and 120 tanks to Saudi Arabia to join the international forces opposing Saddam Hussein following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The Seventh Armoured Brigade (Desert Rats) will go. Includes interview with Tom King.
- Contributors
- Tom King; Paul Maurice
- Keywords
- Armed forces; UK; Great Britain; Military affairs; UN; NATO; Saudi Arabia; Presidents; Army; Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Seventh Armoured Brigade
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LBC/IRN, "UK troops to be sent to Saudi Arabia". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0008400579021 (Accessed 16 Jan 2026)