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Iraqi forces attack Khafji - US response (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Iraqi troops have moved into the Saudi Arabian city of Khafji and are engaged in hostile confrontation with US Marines and Arab forces. An unidentified male American military spokesperson describes the...
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...
Possibility of nuclear weapons - Gulf War (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified British male (government spokesman?) says that coalition forces will not be drawn into a ground campaign by Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, and maintains that the UK Government wants Iraqi...
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...
Death of US marines - Battle of Khafji (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male US Army spokesperson discusses Iraq’s seizure of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s motives. He says that it was a poorly orchestrated operation which he...
Dan Quayle addresses armed forces’ families (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
US Vice-President Dan Quayle has addressed members of the armed forces and their families. In his speech on the Gulf War, he says that US President George Bush and UK Prime Minister John Major are doing...
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...
Dan Quayle & John Major press conference - Gulf War (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
US Vice-President Dan Quayle and UK Prime Minister John Major answer media questions on the Gulf War, posed by Adam Boulton from Sky News, Martin Dell(?) from the BBC, John Draper from ITN and Brian Cabell...