Iraqi invasion of Kuwait

Title

Iraqi invasion of Kuwait

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

7 Aug 1990

Year of production

1990

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:01:12

Description

Dominique Harvie reporting on the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. Manchester DJ Phil Kennedy, whose wife is a stewardess aboard the stranded British Airways plane captured during a stopover in Kuwait city, on the holding of the hostages as pawns. UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher on using diplomatic relations with Iraq to get British citizens home.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Dominique Harvie; Phil Kennedy

Keywords

British Airways; Hostages; Wars (events); Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991)

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.