Gulf war - ground war begins

Title

Gulf war - ground war begins

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:44

Description

Nick Peters reports from Washington on US President George H W Bush’s statement (with excerpts) announcing the start of the ground attacks in the Gulf war and on US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney’s announcement of a media blackout on details of allied military operations on the ground.

Contributors

Nick Peters; George H. W. Bush

Keywords

Mass media; Military operations; Wars (events); Occupied territories; Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Land warfare; Desert warfare; Operation Desert Storm (1991); Dissemination of information; Dick Cheney

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