A Suivre: Iraq

Call Number
350-4-3:100/1

General information

Call No.:
350-4-3:100/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-4-3 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Middle East: Iraq
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #100 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00009906
Date of production
1984
Date
1984
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
French
Duration
21 min. 45 sec.

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
Belgian television program in two parts about Iraq and the Gulf in 1984. The first part discusses the history and state of the regime existing in Iraq. The program touches upon the cult of the leader, the Ba’ath party and its origins, the educational system, the separation of the church and the state in Iraq in opposition to the situation in Iran, the position and influence of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam's rise to power, the Kurdish war, the rupture with the Soviet Union, and the war with Iran. Contains interviews with Kendal Nezan, president of the Kurdish Institute of Paris. Part two of the program covers the Gulf countries and their oil situation in relation to the west.