LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Iraq will not gloat over Thatcher’s resignation

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:00:36

Description

James Bays reports from Baghdad on reaction to Margaret Thatcher’s resignation from Iraq’s Minister of Information Latif Nussayif Jassim- he says he won’t insult her now as he has before. 14,000 British troops are being sent to the Gulf to put pressure on Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait.

Contributors

James Bays; Latif Jassim

Keywords

Armed forces; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Prime ministers; Resignation (political); Kuwait; Iraq; Baghdad

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