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113 results found for '"Baghdad"' in Keywords.
Businessman held in Iraq (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Foreign Office minister Douglas Hurd on the arrest of British businessman John Smith in Baghdad, Iraq, for undisclosed reasons (23/07/79). Smith is a managing director of Hestair Dennis, a...
DJ Phil Kennedy on wife taken hostage (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
A British Airways plane has been captured during a stopover in Kuwait City following the Iraqi invasion, and there are reports that passengers and possibly some crew members have been taken to Baghdad. DJ...
Foreigners to leave Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- News report
James Matthews reporting from the Gulf following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. On foreigners trapped in Baghdad, including passengers from the captured British Airways plane, being allowed to leave, the...
Joan Stubbs on her hostage son, Peter (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Joan Stubbs of Leicester on having received news from the Foreign Office that her son Peter has been separated from his Egyptian wife and children in Kuwait and is...
Andrew Thornton on fleeing Baghdad (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Speaking from Jordan, Andrew Thornton on crossing the Iraqi border with other British nationals in a convoy of vehicles, having followed Embassy advice for those with the appropriate visas to leave Baghdad...
200 Britons held in Baghdad hotel (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Response to Iraq’s holding 200 Britons in a hotel in Baghdad; with an extract from a speech by British Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd, who denies overreacting, and a statement from Labour’s Foreign...
Return of Iraqi hostages (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; News report; Press conference
Howard Hughes reads the IRN 9am news bulletin, focusing on the release of 200 women and children hostages from Baghdad who have arrived back in to Heathrow Airport. Their menfolk remain behind. Includes...
Return of Iraqi hostages (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Shane Wickett(?) - one of the hostages released by Saddam Hussein - speaking at Heathrow Airport says they were well taken care of and expresses his relief at being home but also his concern for his dad who...
Bride of Baghdad (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
David Hayes(?), father of Debbie Hayes(?), the so called Bride of Baghdad who is one of the British hostages being held by Saddam Hussein and whose marriage was broadcast live on Baghdad TV â says his...
British hostages in convoy to Baghdad (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
British Ambassador to Iraq, Harold Walker, speaks to James Bays about the journey being made by a convoy of 7 coaches containing 306 hostage women and children from Kuwait to Baghdad which he has been...