Foreigners to leave Kuwait

Title

Foreigners to leave Kuwait

Genre

News report

TX Date

7 Aug 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:39

Description

James Matthews reporting from the Gulf following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. On foreigners trapped in Baghdad, including passengers from the captured British Airways plane, being allowed to leave, the United States military build-up in Turkey, and the threat of an Iraqi invasion of Saudi Arabia if its Saudi pipeline is closed.

Contributors

James Matthews

Keywords

USA; British Airways; Hostages; Saudi Arabia; Evacuation; Wars (events); Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Baghdad

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