| Description | Folder of presscuttings, bulletin digests and telex reports relating to events after ceasefire for the Second Gulf War on 27 February 1991. Papers include reports of further clashes between opposition groups, several articles on the process for war reparation claims and the use of future oil revenues to finance these, with telex reports on the UN Security Council resolutions on war damage. Other topics covered include discussions of casualties and the differences between the expectations and realities of the war, grim descriptions of the carnage and chaos in Baghdad and Basra, repatriation of prisoners of war, revolts by Shi'ite Muslims in the south and Kurds in the north, return of looted Kuwaiti gold and other assets from Iraq, and environmental damage. There are numerous other pages of detailed extracts compiled by the BBC's Summary of World Broadcasts and Middle East Executive Reports. |