General information

Call No.:

350-4-3:85/2

Part of series

HU OSA 350-4-3 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Middle East: Iraq

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #85 / No. 2

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009890

Date of production

1990

Date

1990

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

40 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Television program

Contents Summary

Clip 1: ”News at Ten” reports on the chemical attack on Halabja and offers a coverage of the debate concerning the origins of the attack (Iran vs. Iraq). Terry Lloyd is reporting from occupied Iraq. Contains an interview with Dr. Mohammed Sadiq Al-Mashat (Iraqi Ambassador). Clip 2: News coverage of the Iraqi attacks on the Iranian town of Mirivan as well as of Halabja, an Iraqi town taken over by the Iranian and Kudish forces. Contains amateur footage made by the Kurdish Guerilla. Contains interviews with: Jalal Talabani (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan—PUK), Hoshyar Zebari (Kurdish Democratic Party), Hazhir Teimourian (Middle East Specialist, The Times), and Dr. Alistair Hay (Chemical Pathologist, Leeds University). Clip 3: “Channel 4 News” reports on Kurdish refugees fleeing northern Iraq and the massacre near Dohuk. Interviews with: Hoshyar Zebari and Ambassador Sadiq al-Mashat. Clip 4: “Channel 9 News” reports on the Iraqi massacre near Dohuk and the chemical weapons attack on civilian forces. Middle East Correspondent: Keith Graves. Clip 5: News report on the gravity of the situation in Northern Iraq. Speaking from Uludere, at the Iraq-Turkish border, is Adrian Foreman. Contains footage with the refugees and the protests held at the UN headquarters. Interviews with: Hazhir Teimourian, Dr. Alistair Hay, Temucin Tuzecan (BBC Turkish Service), and Dr. Mohammed Sadiq Al-Mashat. Clip 6: Report on the Iraq-Iran war and the use of chemical weapons against Halabja. Reporter John Buckley. Interview with Shirwan Dizayee from the Kurdish Democratic Party and Dr. Mohammed Sadiq Al-Mashat (Iraqi Ambassador) who refutes the idea put forth in the media that Iraq is responsible for the attacks. Victims of the attacks testify that their injuries were caused by the Iraqi forces. Clip 7: “Channel One” reports on the expulsion of Iraqi diplomats. Interview with Dr. Mohammed Sadiq Al-Mashat. Reporting: Laurie Margolis. Clip 8: Report on the situation of the Kurdish refugees in Britain and Turkey, most of them victims of torture. Interview with Dr. Ton Landau (Medical Center for the Victims of Torture). Reporting: Penny Marshall.