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Geoffrey Howe on EEC meeting on Libyan terrorism (1986)
- Genre
- Press conference
UK Foreign Secretary, Geoffrey Howe on diplomatic measures agreed at a meeting of EEC foreign ministers to combat Libyan terrorism. The meeting took place as the United States undertook secret military...
Margaret Thatcher on Fulham By-election failure (1986)
- Genre
- Press conference
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher speaks to press on the Conservatives’ loss in the Fulham By-election to Labour’s Nick Raynsford. She is unconcerned by the mid-term loss and says the seat will be won...
USA attacks Libya - Two years since death of Yvonne Fletcher (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Report following the US attacks on Libya. It comes on the second anniversary of the death of WPC Yvonne Fletcher, shot by Libyan terrorists, in London. In a press statement (archive recording), Fletcher’s...
Daughter of Gaddafi killed in US bombing raid on Libya (1986)
- Genre
- News report
The USA has made a bombing raid on the Libyan home of Colonel Gaddafi. The bombs failed to destroy the house, but his adopted infant daughter, Hanna, was fatally wounded in the attack. Brent Sadler reports...
Negotiator Terry Waite on Libyan hostage-taking (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s envoy, Terry Waite, says efforts to cool the present Libyan hostage crisis must continue. He shares his thoughts on the problem, and says he needs to return to Libya to...
Neil Kinnock on Thatcher’s decision to aid USA in Libya (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
In the aftermath of the US attacks on Libya, Labour leader Neil Kinnock says that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has put the lives of innocent British people at risk by aiding the Americans in their...
Aftermath of US attacks on Libya (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Dave Loyn reports from the Libyan sites of recent bombings by US forces. He speaks to the friend of a Greek survivor, and a man whose house was destroyed.
Geoffrey Howe on Libyans in Britain (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
In the aftermath of the US attacks on Libya, UK Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe has met with the other EEC Foreign Ministers in Luxembourg, with discussion focusing around a package of measures to clamp...
George Habash on aftermath of US attacks on Libya (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
In the aftermath of the US attacks on Libya, George Habash, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), warns that US military and economic targets will be attacked in response. He...
Aftermath of US attacks on Libya (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Dave Loyn reports on how the US air strikes on Libya missed most of their military targets and hit houses, a hospital, and the playground of a school. The Libyan public is furious, and people have posted...