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British Journalist escapes from Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
The first, and only, British journalist to escape from Iraq-occupied Kuwait, Victor Mallet, talks about his escape to Saudi Arabia, conditions in Kuwait, morale among the Iraqi troops, the shot Briton, and...
US citizens held in Baghdad hotel (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
James Matthews reports on how 35 US citizens have been rounded up in Baghdad and taken to an undisclosed location, US embassy officials are no longer allowed to visit, 14 westerners were allowed to cross the...
Iraqi troops rape Britons in Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
James Matthews reports on atrocities in Iraq-occupied Kuwait. Includes the testimony of a Tunisian woman whose two British colleagues were raped by Iraqi troops and subsequently disappeared. In another...
Escape routes from Kuwait still open (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
One of the last workers to flee Kuwait says diplomatic advice is not getting through but escape routes are still open. Medical technician Peter Bunting from Nottingham was reunited with his family today...
British escapee from Kuwait criticizes BBC (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Mike Trew(?), a financial accountant from Swansea who has fled Kuwait, criticises the BBC World Service for scaremongering by reporting rumours of round-ups and chemical warfare. He also describes how...
Gulf crisis training - third aircraft crashes (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with the RAF’s Craig Lindsay after a third aircraft crashes in as many days on a routine low-flying training exercise in preparation for the Gulf crisis. Male interviewer not identified....
Donald Woods on South Africa and apartheid (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Former editor of the Daily Despatch and anti-apartheid activist, Donald Woods returns to South African 13 years after his exile and talks about how it has changed. Reporter is Grant Ferrett(?).
Gulf crisis - UN Security Council meeting (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Concern about Britons and Americans being held in Iraq and Kuwait has been voiced at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York. The UN has asked its Secretary General, Javier Perez de...
Red Cross sends delegate to Baghdad for talks (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Martin Fuhrer, Deputy Head of the Red Cross’s Middle East Operation, speaks about the trip of Red Cross Delegate General for the Middle East, Angelo Gnaedinger, to Baghdad for high-level talks with Iraqi...
Interview with Iraqi dissident exile (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Jaffar Al Mohajer(?), an Iraqi dissident exiled in Britain, says that Saddam Hussein has been committing crimes against humanity for years but the West has ignored them. Male interviewer not identified.