British hostages in Iraq - Saddam TV appearance
- Title
- British hostages in Iraq - Saddam TV appearance
- Genre
- News report; Special
- TX Date
- 23 Aug 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:01:32
- Description
- Saddam Hussein appears in a propaganda video on Iraqi television, with some of the foreign hostages to whom he refers as guests. Speaking through an interpreter, he says he is holding them in order to prevent a war. Clip includes a British female hostage, Pat Morton, requesting that their families are informed that they are fit and well. Tim Locke reports.
- Contributors
- Tim Locke; Saddam Hussein; Pat Morton
- Keywords
- British; Television; Broadcasting; Children (age group); Hostages; Family; Wars (events); Iraq; Foreigners; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; War propaganda
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