Hogg on Gulf War human shields and Latvia

Title

Hogg on Gulf War human shields and Latvia

Genre

Interview

TX Date

21 Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:20

Description

Foreign Office minister Douglas Hogg talks to Peter Murphy about the Iraqi tactic of putting Allied prisoners of war at possible target sites as human shields; how he told the Iraqi ambassador it was breaking the Geneva Convention and possibly a war crime; if Saddam Hussein is a military target. Also on the violence in Latvia as it struggles for independence and repercussions on East-West relations if the USSR does not change tactics. For Billboard programme.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; Douglas Hogg

Keywords

USSR; War crimes; Independence; Military operations; International instruments; Prisoners of War; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; East West relations; Latvia; Billboard (radio programme); War (events); Operation Desert Storm (1991)

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