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Speech by George Bush before meeting King Hussein of Jordan (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on US President George Bush’s disappointment at Jordan’s perceived support of Iraq, how sanctions are working, and how America is refusing to talk to Iraq until it withdraws from Kuwait. Male...
Yusuf Islam calls for all non-Muslim forces to be withdrawn from the Gulf (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Sophie Dekker reports on how Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) has visited the London embassies of countries involved in the Gulf conflict with a delegation claiming to represent British Muslims....
Saddam Husseinâs open letter to the USA (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
James Matthews reports from Jordan on the open letter from Saddam Hussein that brands US President George Bush a liar. He tells how the families of British military advisers being held in a Baghdad hotel...
Actors’ union lifts Jonathan Pryce ban (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Paul Woodley reports on the lifting of an Equity actors’ union ban on British actor Jonathan Pryce’s playing a Eurasian pimp in the Broadway production of the musical, Miss Saigon. After a six-hour-long...
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...
Iraqis attempt to undermine westerners’ morale (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on how all British citizens stranded in Kuwait were ordered to go to a single hotel, but not accepted when they got there. Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd condemns this as an Iraqi attempt to undermine...
President Bush to meet King Hussein of Jordan (1990)
- Genre
- News report
Jordan correspondent James Matthews says expectation in the country is high ahead of the meeting today between US President George Bush and King Hussein.
Douglas Hurd on British hostages held in Iraq (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
British Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd, on the British hostages held in Iraq following their relocation to an Iraqi hotel. He reiterates that their continued presence in Iraq will only serve to strengthen...
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...