Kuwaiti doctor on Iraqi occupation

Title

Kuwaiti doctor on Iraqi occupation

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:03

Description

Dr Fow-Zee-Air(?) (phonetic spelling), who escaped from Kuwait and fled to London when Iraq invaded, speaks to reporter Peter Russell ahead of the United Nations deadline. Fow-Zee-Air describes the events in Kuwait and the impact of the occupation by Saddam Hussein’s forces, and disagrees with the Labour Party’s call for more time for sanctions.

Contributors

Peter Russell; Dr Fow-Zee-Air(?)

Keywords

Human rights violations; Labour Party; Economic sanctions; Wars (events); Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Gerald Kaufman

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