Douglas Hurd defies Iraqi demands to close British Embassy in Kuwait
- Title
- Douglas Hurd defies Iraqi demands to close British Embassy in Kuwait
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- 20 Aug 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:02:13
- Description
- British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd says Britain will defy the Iraqi ultimatum to close the British Embassy in Kuwait, and condemns Saddam Hussein’s strategy of seizing Westerners to use as a human shield to protect against attack. He also confirms that the deployment of British forces was primarily to deter Iraq from invading Saudi Arabia. Report by Paul Rowley.
- Contributors
- Douglas Hurd; Paul Rowley
- Keywords
- British; Embassies and consulates; Hostages; Saudi Arabia; Wars (events); Kuwait; Iraq; Foreigners; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; British Embassy (Kuwait)
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