US ultimatum to Iraqi troops near Kurd refugees

Title

US ultimatum to Iraqi troops near Kurd refugees

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:59

Description

Nick Peters reports from Washington for LBC Newstalk 97.3 on the US ultimatum put to the Iraqis to leave the areas around safe havens for Kurdish refugees or face being forced to leave and whether US troops will be pulled out of the region. Speakers are US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney and a Kurdish spokesman in the US.

Contributors

Nick Peters; Dick Cheney; LBC Newstalk 97.3

Keywords

USA; Armed forces; Refugees; Foreign policy; Soldiers; Wars (events); Political refugees; Iraq; Kurds; Gulf War (1990 - 1991)

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