Paddy Ashdown on airstrikes in Iraq

Title

Paddy Ashdown on airstrikes in Iraq

Genre

Interview

TX Date

17 Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:10

Description

Interview with Liberal Democrat leader (and former military commando) Paddy Ashdown on the first allied Gulf War strikes. He endorses the action as a final resort and hopes for a swift victory with minimum loss of life. Male interviewer not identified. For Newstalk breakfast show.

Contributors

Paddy Ashdown

Keywords

Aerial bombardment; Military operations; Casualties; Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Operation Desert Storm (1991)

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