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7,185 results found for all records.
USA to send troops to Gulf (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
Following a meeting of NATO foreign ministers earlier today, US Secretary of State, James Baker defends the USA’s decision to send troops to the Gulf.
Gemma Lawrence abduction case (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
William Roncon reports on the search for clues in the Gemma Lawrence abduction case. Detective Chief Superintendent Des Donohoe speaks about similar incidents; a description of the suspect is then given, and...
George Bush on sending troops into Saudi Arabia (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
US President George H.W. Bush talks about how the US is standing up for what is right in sending troops to Saudi Arabia, how their mission is wholly defensive, and how America has never wavered when her...
George Bush brands Saddam Hussein a liar (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
In a speech to staff at the Defense Department, US President George H.W. Bush brands Saddam Hussein a liar. He talks about why the US troops are in the Gulf, how Saddam has used poisonous gas on his own...
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...
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...
Douglas Hurd on the British citizens in Kuwait and Baghdad (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd on the British citizens being held in Kuwait and Baghdad, Iraq. He talks about the efforts being made to get them returned, how the Government has not forgotten about them, and...
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...
Britons trapped in Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
Statement by an unidentified male (Foreign Office official or Government minister?) on the situation of Britons in Kuwait. He describes as grave and sinister the instruction given to Britons by Iraqi forces...
Iraqi Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on economic sanctions (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
Statement issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, broadcast on Baghdad TV with English translation. It says that the economic embargo imposed on Iraq by the US and its allies is an act of...