RepositorySpecial Collections Archives (GB 0029)
Ref NoEUL MS 143/10/3/11
Alt Ref NoF/K.3i
Date1991
LevelFile
TitleSecond Gulf War, 15-28 February 1991
DescriptionFolder of presscuttings, bulletin digests and telex reports chronicling the progress of the Second Gulf War during February 1991. Papers include a New York Times article on the Iraqi opposition to Saddam, details of proposed ceasefire agreements, reports of captured Allied personnel appearing on Iraqi TV, a lengthy Wall Street Journal feature on 'Who Will Win, Who Will Lose in the Gulf' (21 February 1991) and a Financial Times article on Iraq's economic future (16/17 February 1991), various articles on media coverage, propaganda and advertising, Iraqi reactions to news of the ceasefire, two reports about Baghdad residents creating smokescreens over the city, stories about civilian casualties, the text of Saddam's statements regarding the end of hostilities and withdrawal from Kuwait, and numerous other pages of detailed extracts compiled by the BBC's Summary of World Broadcasts.
LanguageEnglish
Access StatusOpen
Creator_NameCrusoe; Jonathan Richard Huthwaite (1953-1991); journalist and writer
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