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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...
Report on Bush speech - American hostages in Iraq (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on US President George Bush’s speech to the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, in which he warned Saddam Hussein that Iraq was responsible for the welfare of all American hostages....
Douglas Hurd defies Iraqi demands to close British Embassy in Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd says Britain will defy the Iraqi ultimatum to close the British Embassy in Kuwait, and condemns Saddam Hussein’s strategy of seizing Westerners to use as a human...
Baghdad Bert - The Iraqi Rose (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Allen-Frost reports from Tel Aviv on Iraqi radio propaganda broadcasts by (so-called) Baghdad Bert, the Iraqi Rose. Contains audio of a broadcast entitled, Documents Show Kuwait was Never Separated...
Marchioness riverboat disaster - 1 year memorial service (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Speech
One year on from the Marchioness riverboat disaster, a service has been held in remembrance of the 51 people who lost their lives. Includes interview with survivor Odette Penwarden, who is still looking for...
Gulf crisis update (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Havovi Todd reports on the continuing situation in the Persian Gulf. Britain’s ambassador, Alan Munro, insists that Britain’s commitment to helping Saudi Arabia stands firm and a diplomatic resolution is...
Royal Navy in Persian Gulf (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
George Matheson spends a day on patrol with the Royal Navy’s HMS Jupiter. Includes interviews with the ship’s navigator, David Reindorf(?), and the captain, John Wright.
Colonel Gaddafi condemns Saddam Hussein (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
As James Matthews reports from the Gulf Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has condemned Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s use of foreigners as hostages in the Gulf crisis, whilst the British Ladies of Amman...
James Baker announces Gulf blockade (1990)
- Genre
- News bulletin; News report; Speech
News bulletin. The US naval blockade of Iraq is officially on - announced by the US Secretary of State, James Baker. A British man, Douglas Croskery, has been shot while trying to escape from Kuwait, and is...
Iraqi ambassador issues warning to foreign powers (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Iraq’s Ambassador to Britain, Azmi Shafiq Al-Salihi, issues a statement warning that any intervention by foreign powers in Kuwait will be firmly dealt with and that any sanctions will only exacerbate the...