Title

Trapped Westerners in Kuwait speak via smuggled video

Genre

Special

TX Date

30 Oct 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:00:49

Description

Excerpt from a video smuggled out of Kuwait following the Iraqi invasion featuring two Westerners in hiding. In the recording the first speaker tells of atrocities by Iraqi forces while the second, an Australian named John, pleads for US President George H. W. Bush to act quickly and get his forces into position.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Military affairs; Refugees; Hostages; Recordings; Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; George H. W. Bush

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