Gulf crisis update - Thatcher, Hussein, Fitzwater

Title

Gulf crisis update - Thatcher, Hussein, Fitzwater

Genre

News report; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:05

Description

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher says there will be no hostage deals with Iraq. Saddam Hussein makes a statement through an interpreter offering to hold talks with the USA; this is dismissed by White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater as rhetoric. Report by Dominique Harvie.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Marlin Fitzwater; Dominique Harvie; Saddam Hussein

Keywords

USA; UK; British; Hostages; Wars (events); Kuwait; Iraq; Foreigners; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein

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