Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait City

Title

Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait City

Genre

News report

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:01:58

Description

Michael Nicholson reports from onboard HMS Exeter in the Gulf on Iraqi troops withdrawing from Kuwait City in the Gulf war and the damage they left behind including oil well fires, blown up buildings and attempting to destroy drinking water desalination plants. And on Royal Navy destroyers Exeter and Manchester protecting American battleships Missouri and Wisconsin whilst they attacked Iraqi positions.

Contributors

Michael Nicholson

Keywords

Armed forces; Fires; Water supply; Warships; Navy; Drinking water; Wars (events); Bombs; Occupied territories; Oilfields; Kuwait; Iraq; War damage; Gulf War (1990-1991); HMS Manchester; Kuwait City; USS Wisconsin; HMS Exeter; USS Missouri

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