Iraqi ambassador on Gulf War POWs treatment

Title

Iraqi ambassador on Gulf War POWs treatment

Genre

Interview

TX Date

21 Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:51

Description

Dr Azmi Shafiq Al-Salihi, Iraqi ambassador to London, defends the Allied Prisoners of War being used as human shields in the Gulf War and downed pilots being forced to make television broadcasts calling for an end to the war, and says they have not broken the Geneva Convention. He says coalition forces broke international law first. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Azmi Shafiq Al-Salihi

Keywords

Propaganda; Pilots; International instruments; Prisoners of War; Casualties; Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); War (events)

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