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Kuwaiti hijacking (1977)
- Genre
- News report
Trevor Goodchild reports from Bahrain on the hijack of a Kuwaiti airliner leased from British Midland Airways on a flight from Lebanon. The plane is now at Kuwait Airport. The terrorists are demanding the...
Kuwait Airways hijacking - Mother of hostage (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Beryl Beeston, the mother of British flight engineer Neil Beeston, talks about her concerns after her son was taken hostage on Kuwait Airways Flight 221 (hijacked en route from Kuwait City to Karachi and...
IRN news review (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech; Tribute
Peter Deeley presents a news review of the year 1984. Big stories include the miners strike; IRA bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton during the Conservative Party conference; political year in UK;...
US warships to protect Kuwaiti tankers in Gulf (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on pact agreed by USA to protect Kuwaiti tankers in the Persian Gulf by US reflagging and use of a fleet of American warships. There are worries this means the US will no longer be neutral in the...
UN demands Iran-Iraq ceasefire (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary, reacting to the UN resolution demanding a ceasefire in Iran and Iraq; the USA possibly embargoing the supply of arms to the countries; and hopes resolution will halt attacks...
Geoffrey Howe on reflagging ships (1987)
- Genre
- Speech
UK Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe gives a press statement on what he calls the misnomer of re-flagging Kuwaiti ships, allowing them to sail through the Strait of Hormuz under the protection of the...
US Navy blows up Iranian oil rig (1987)
- Genre
- Press conference
US Secretary of State Caspar Weinberger (and another unidentified speaker reading a statement prepared by President Ronald Reagan) announces at a briefing that the US Navy has blown up an Iranian oil rig. It...
US Navy blows up Iranian oil rig (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Sir Geoffrey Howe expresses the UK’s full support for the US attack on an Iranian oil platform, he says it was self defence as Iran had attacked US flagged shipping in the Gulf. Calls for Iran and Iraq to...
Cypriot Government spokesman on Kuwait Airways hijack (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Yesterday the hijackers of Kuwait Airways Flight 422 shot a Kuwaiti army officer before freeing a young Kuwaiti hostage in what they said was a goodwill gesture. Cypriot Government spokesman Akis Fantis...
Brother praying as hostage released (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The brother of Fadhil Leri(?), the 32 year-old Kuwaiti man released from the hijacked plane in Cyprus, says he was praying for his brother as the news of his release came through. Meanwhile, Kuwait’s offer...