News update on state of Gulf War

Title

News update on state of Gulf War

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

22 Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:09

Description

Iraq has launched scud missiles at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Iraq’s chief diplomat in Washington, Khalid J. Shewayish, accuses the Allies of bombing thousands of innocent people. The United States says the blitz of Iraq will go on for months, despite their filming of prisoners of war. Chris Hogg of the (British-based) Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Familes Association (SSAFA) says British TV companies should not re-broadcast the images. In the UK, Parliament voted in support of Britain’s military involvement in the Gulf. Nicky Broyd reports.

Contributors

Nicky Broyd; Khalid J. Shewayish; Chris Hogg

Keywords

USA; UK; British; Air warfare; Television; Broadcasting; Saudi Arabia; Missiles; Prisoners of War; Casualties; Wars (events); Kuwait; Civilians; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Riyadh; American (cultural identity); John Peters; Adrian Nichol; SSAFA

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