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Al-Naif assassination (1978)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the shooting of General Abdul Razzak al-Naif, former Prime Minister of Iraq, outside the Intercontinental Hotel, London. The General was taken to Westminster Hospital. The lone gunman was pursued...
Al-Naif assassination (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
An unidentified male witness to the aftermath of the London shooting of General al-Naif, former Iraqi Prime Minister, describes how the gunman ran away, only to be chased and caught by members of the public....
Trial of Iraqis opens in London (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the opening of the trial ( on 28/02/79) of two Iraqi terrorists, Saadi Abdul Rahman al-Shukri, and Salem Ahmed Hassan, at the Old Bailey in London accused of the assassination of former Iraqi...
Doorman on giving chase to gunman (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified doorman at the Intercontinental Hotel describes chasing and apprehending a man following a shooting at the hotel. He says he was putting tennis star Jimmy Connors into a car when he heard the...
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...
Salem Hassan guilty verdict (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Ken Dennis reports on the trial and guilty verdict at the Old Bailey of Salem Hassan, charged with the murder of former Iraqi Prime Minister General Abd ar-Razzaq al-Naif in London in 1978 following his...
Iranian Prime Minister criticises USA (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on the content of a press conference by Mohammad Ali Rajai, the Iranian Prime Minister, following a speech at the United Nations in New York where he criticised the foreign policy...
Iran-Iraq war - Iran calls for Western support (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on a press conference at the Iranian embassy in London where a male Iranian speaker (not identified) tries to gain Western support for his country during the Iran-Iraq War and compares the plight of...
Gulf rescue of British sailors (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Jon Snow of ITN explains his involvement in and the events of Operation Pear - the rescue of British seamen trapped in a cargo ship in the Persian Gulf during the start of the Iran-Iraq war. Interviewer not...
Iran-Iraq war - effect on Kurds (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with journalist Roger Cooper, on how the Iran-Iraq war is affecting the Kurdish population within Iran and Iraq, and on the current military strength of both countries. Male interviewer not...