Gulf hostages - Second propaganda video

Title

Gulf hostages - Second propaganda video

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

27 Aug 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:28

Description

Excerpts from the second propaganda video released by Iraq, featuring the foreign hostages being held as a human shield. Includes Margaret Heron(?) from Kent, Christine Smyth(?) from Manchester, and Maggie, Alistair(?), Suzanna(?) and David Ross from London. Eight more Britons have been rounded up and Saddam Hussein has warned Britons to hand themselves in or else risk being used as human shields for the most dangerous targets. Sophie Dekker reports.

Contributors

Sophie Dekker; Margaret Heron(?); Christine Smyth(?); Maggie Ross; Alistair Ross(?); Suzanna Ross(?); David Ross

Keywords

Television; Women; Broadcasting; Hostages; Wars (events); Iraq; Foreigners; Gulf War (1990-1991); War propaganda

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