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Saudi area Gulf War briefing (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Briefing by Saudi Arabian Army General Ahmed al-Rubayan, Joint Forces Saudi area spokesman, on military action in the Gulf War including coalition achieving air supremacy; US marines raiding offshore...
Saddam Hussein Gulf War broadcast (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Saddam Hussein defiant broadcast to the Iraqi people 4 days into the Gulf War, translated to English. Calls it a holy war or jihad.
Gulf War peace rally in London (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Tim Crook reports from a march against the Gulf War in central London, culminating in a peace rally at Hyde Park where Labour MP Tony Benn makes a speech above noise of demonstrators unveiling a 5-point...
Tom King on SCUD missiles (1991)
- Genre
- Speech; Press conference
Defence Secretary Tom King gives a Gulf War briefing on the Iraqi SCUD missiles that have been fired at countries in the Gulf and success of operations to destroy Iraqi missile launchers. He emphasises the...
John Major reminds Iraq of Geneva Convention (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Prime Minister John Major gives a speech in the House of Commons, alluding to hard times ahead, and reminding Iraq that they are bound by the (Third) Geneva Convention, specifically where prisoners of war...
John Major has no sympathy for Saddam Hussein (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Prime Minister John Major tells the House of Commons that he will have no sympathy for Saddam Hussein, whatever should befall him.
News update on state of Gulf War (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Iraq has launched scud missiles at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Iraq’s chief diplomat in Washington, Khalid J. Shewayish, accuses the Allies of bombing thousands of innocent people. The United States says the...
Allies urge Israel to practice restraint after Iraqi bombing (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Mobile missile launchers have been used to attack Israel, which is now being pressured not to join the Allies on the offensive, as this would be a propaganda victory for Saddam Hussein. Foreign Secretary,...
Tim Locke update on Gulf War (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prime Minister John Major has accused Saddam Hussein of being a man without morals who deserves whatever happens to him, although he (Major) does not confirm or deny that Hussein is a target of Allied...
Israeli Ambassador on Iraqi bomb damage (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
For the third time since the Gulf War began, Israel has been bombed by Iraq. Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Zalman Shoval briefs reporters on the damages and casualties in Tel Aviv. He condemns...