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Naval attack sinks seven vessels - Gulf War (1991)
- Genre
- News report
A Royal Navy operation in the Gulf, just off the Iraqi coast, has destroyed seven vessels. Among those destroyed by the Royal Navy’s Lynx attack helicopter and the American Intruder and Hornet aircraft...
UN’s aims in Iraq - Gulf War (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Foreign Office Minister, Douglas Hogg has appeared before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee to confirm that the liberation of Kuwait and not the toppling of Saddam Hussein is the UN’s aim in Iraq....
Iraq attacks Saudi Arabian port - Battle of Khafji (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Iraqi troops have crossed into Saudi Arabia and engaged in fighting with US Marines and allied Arab troops in the city of Khafji, resulting in the death of 20 allied servicemen; Baghdad Radio is claiming it...
Saddam Hussein provokes coalition - Khafji conflict (1991)
- Genre
- News report
Saddam Hussein is trying to provoke the coalition into a ground war by attacking the Saudi Arabian city of Khafji. With comment from Paul Beaver of Jane’s Defence Weekly and Joseph Snyder, consultant to US...
Iraqis seize Khafji - General Norman Schwarzkopf (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
The Saudi Arabian city of Khafji has been seized by Iraqi troops who attacked from Kuwait, resulting in the death of coalition troops including US Marines. Report by unidentified male reporter includes a...
British Lynx assault helicopter destroys Iraqi TNC-45 (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Technical
A British Lynx assault helicopter from HMS Gloucester has had a fourth hit in two days, destroying a TNC-45 Iraqi Navy ship leaving 15 survivors who are now prisoners of war. Report references British...
Allied forces sink Iraqi ship (1991)
- Genre
- News report
Lynx helicopters from HMS Gloucester and HMS London, along with a US A6 fighter bomber, have sunk an Iraqi TNC-45 fast patrol boat carrying Exocet missiles. It was struck by a British Sea Skewer missile and...
American bombers to be stationed in Britain (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Defence Secretary Tom King announces in the House of Commons that US B52 heavy bombers are to be stationed at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, strengthening the transatlantic relationship between the Uk and...
State of the Union speech - George Bush on Gulf War (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
In his State of the Union address, US President George Bush pays tribute to troops in the Persian Gulf and, while support for the Gulf War is still strong, he says the current economic recession will be...
Iraqi withdrawal from Khafji - Parliamentary debate (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Defence Secretary Tom King tells the House of Commons that the Saudi Arabian city of Khafji is now free of Iraqi forces. Reaction from anti-war campaigner, Labour’s Dennis Canavan. Prime Minister John...