LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Gulf hostage answers questions upon return to UK

Genre

Interview; Press conference

TX Date

10 Dec 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:08

Description

Released hostage, Graham Sims, an English teacher from Colchester, says he is glad to be back in the UK (Heathrow Airport) from Iraq. He says he became inured to his relatively easy confinement at the Sheraton Hotel in Baghdad. He talks about his social life with Canadian, American, Australian and French fellow hostages, and says they were shocked and saddened by everything the British Government did. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Graham Sims

Keywords

Australia; USA; Government; UK; British; Canada; France; Hostages; Hotels; Wars (events); Kuwait; Iraq; Foreigners; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Baghdad; Sheraton Hotel (Baghdad)

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