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  1. Businessman held in Iraq (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Foreign Office minister Douglas Hurd on the arrest of British businessman John Smith in Baghdad, Iraq, for undisclosed reasons (23/07/79). Smith is a managing director of Hestair Dennis, a...

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  2. DJ Phil Kennedy on wife taken hostage (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    A British Airways plane has been captured during a stopover in Kuwait City following the Iraqi invasion, and there are reports that passengers and possibly some crew members have been taken to Baghdad. DJ...

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  3. Foreigners to leave Kuwait (1990)

    Genre
    News report

    James Matthews reporting from the Gulf following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. On foreigners trapped in Baghdad, including passengers from the captured British Airways plane, being allowed to leave, the...

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  4. Joan Stubbs on her hostage son, Peter (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Joan Stubbs of Leicester on having received news from the Foreign Office that her son Peter has been separated from his Egyptian wife and children in Kuwait and is...

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  5. Andrew Thornton on fleeing Baghdad (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Speaking from Jordan, Andrew Thornton on crossing the Iraqi border with other British nationals in a convoy of vehicles, having followed Embassy advice for those with the appropriate visas to leave Baghdad...

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  6. 200 Britons held in Baghdad hotel (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Response to Iraq’s holding 200 Britons in a hotel in Baghdad; with an extract from a speech by British Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd, who denies overreacting, and a statement from Labour’s Foreign...

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  7. Return of Iraqi hostages (1990)

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    Interview; News bulletin; News report; Press conference

    Howard Hughes reads the IRN 9am news bulletin, focusing on the release of 200 women and children hostages from Baghdad who have arrived back in to Heathrow Airport. Their menfolk remain behind. Includes...

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  8. Return of Iraqi hostages (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Shane Wickett(?) - one of the hostages released by Saddam Hussein - speaking at Heathrow Airport says they were well taken care of and expresses his relief at being home but also his concern for his dad who...

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  9. Bride of Baghdad (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    David Hayes(?), father of Debbie Hayes(?), the so called Bride of Baghdad who is one of the British hostages being held by Saddam Hussein and whose marriage was broadcast live on Baghdad TV – says his...

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  10. British hostages in convoy to Baghdad (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    British Ambassador to Iraq, Harold Walker, speaks to James Bays about the journey being made by a convoy of 7 coaches containing 306 hostage women and children from Kuwait to Baghdad which he has been...

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