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Baghdad hostages released

Title
Baghdad hostages released
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
Unknown
Year of production
1990
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Duration
00:01:59
Description
Report on wives, and a daughter of an elderly couple, of British hostages held by Saddam Hussein in Baghdad obtaining their release. includes interviews with organiser and leader Dorothy Goodwin and wife Carol Cox from Norfolk.Tony Benn is also in Baghdad on a diplomatic mission and hopes to secure release of further hostages. Male reporter not identified.
Contributors
Dorothy Goodwin; Carol Cox
Keywords
Diplomacy; Hostages; Tony Benn; Married women; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Baghdad

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