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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...
George Bush speech to war veterans (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
The full speech of US President George Bush, as he addresses the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, in which he states that America will not be intimidated and calls upon Iraqi president,...
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...
Douglas Hurd calls Iraqi tactics repulsive (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
UK Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd gives a press conference on Britain’s stance on Iraq, labelling Iraq’s use of foreign citizens as a human shield as repulsive and stating that British forces have been...
UK stance on Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher speaks at a press conference where she outlines Britain’s stance on Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and announces that Foreign Office Minister William Waldegrave has been...
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...