Yamil Alsam on rape of Kuwait hostage

Title

Yamil Alsam on rape of Kuwait hostage

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

9 Aug 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:31

Description

Kuwaiti businessman, Yamil Al Sam, who managed to escape from Kuwait to Britain, on the rape by an Iraqi soldier of a woman passenger from the British Airways plane captured during a stopover at Kuwait City following the Iraqi invasion. Julie Langtry-Langton reports for LBC Newstalk Breakfast.

Contributors

Julie Langtry-Langton; Yamil Al Sam

Keywords

Women; British Airways; War crimes; Hostages; Wars (events); Rape; Kuwait; Civilians; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Newstalk Breakfast; Kuwait City

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