| Description | Folder of presscuttings, bulletin digests and telex reports chronicling the progress of the Second Gulf War during the second half of January 1991, during the period of Allied bombardment. Topics covered include initial responses from Iraq and other countries to the start of bombing, an International Herald Tribune article on Israeli delay of military retaliation, media reports from inside Baghdad during the air attacks, a Guardian article on the role of CNN in Gulf reporting with a piece by Air Vice-Marshal Tony Mason on the Iraqi airforce, several cuttings from the Guardian, the Independent, Wall Street Journal and International Herald Tribune include both reports from journalists inside Iraq and general comments about international responses to the conflict, including diagrams of how Iraqi tank defences are laid out and plans of Baghdad. An article by Peter Kellner in the Independent, 'Have we surrendered our right to criticise?', on Britain's involvement in the war, while David Omissi's article 'Baghdad and British Bombers' draws parallels with bombardments in the 1920s and Patrick Cockburn writes about the counter-productive effects on enemy morale of bombing civilians in Baghdad. Detailed reports of other activities and statements in the region are contained in dozens of detailed bulletins on Middle East affairs compiled by the BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. |