American missile attacks on Iraq

Title

American missile attacks on Iraq

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

28 Jun 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:57

Description

Peter Deeley reports on reaction to the US missile attacks on Iraqi intelligence service headquarters in Baghdad in retaliation for an assassination plot against former President George H W Bush when he was in Kuwait last year. Reaction from Foreign Office minister Stephen Howarth, in Baghdad to visit three British hostages; Iraqi Ambassador to the UN, Nizar Hamdoon; America’s UN ambassador Madeleine Albright; Vice-President Al Gore. For Drivetime show.

Contributors

Peter Deeley; Madeleine Albright; Al Gore; Nizar Hamdoon; Stephen Howarth

Keywords

USA; International relations; Military affairs; UN; Homicide; Presidents; Missiles; Intelligence service; Prisoners; Kuwait; Iraq; Baghdad; Drivetime (radio programme); George H. W. Bush

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