General information

Call No.:

350-4-3:76/1

Part of series

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

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #76 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009881

Date of production

1991

Date

1991

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

1 hour 11 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Television program

Contents Summary

Compilation of British News Clips continued. Clip 1: Continues with Gerald Kaufman MP (Shadow Foreign Secretary) who talks about Saddam’s statement about giving autonomy to Kurds and the plan to use British soldiers in mercy missions to protect the Kurdish refugees. Clip 2: Michael Brunson talks about humanitarian missions, UN backed operations, and politics in what concerns the Kurds in Northern Iraq. Clip 3: The One O'Clock News on the BBC covers the relief operation for the Kurds and Baghdad's opposition to it. Contains an interview with John Major about the militarization of the safe haven in Iraq. President George H.W. Bush and Hoshyar Zebari (Kurdistan Front) discuss the implications of the safe haven. Reports about the situation in Kurdistan, the relief organizations, and the Kurds in the mountains are provided by Defense Correspondent David Shukman. Other participants in this news report are Aga Khan (Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Humanitarian Assistance Relating to the Crisis between Iraq and Kuwait), French president François Mitterand, Bernard Kouchner (Aid Minister), and Peres de Cuellar (UN Secretary General). Clip 4: Peter Gould reports on Lynda Chalker MP (Overseas Development Minister) facing the committee in the British Parliament on refugees and the British plan to help them. Clip 5: Reports on the conditions in the mountains being crossed by the Kurds; condemnation of the safe haven plan by the Iraqi government; the consequences of the safe haven proposal on the UN’s ability to offer aid to the Iraqi people; the cancellation of the agreement between the UN and Iraq concerning the aid. Clip 6: Channel Four News report on American troops being sent to the Iraqi-Turkish border and the long term consequences of sending the troops. Clip 7: Debates about sending troops to Iraq: Abdul Amir al-Anbari (Iraqi Ambassador to the UN) opposes the sending of troops to Iraq; Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd speaks up on the temporary nature of camps; in a statement, Gerald Kaufman MP (Shadow Foreign Secretary) details the British plan; Douglass Hogg MP and Pete Williams (U.S. Defense Dept. spokesman) provide details on the American plan; John Kerry (U.S. Senator) talks about the involvement of the U.S., while Peter Galbraith (Senate Foreign Relations Committee) discusses the immorality of the Bush administration. Correspondent: David Smith, ATN, Washington. Clip 8: Richard Armitage (US State Department) discusses the American involvement and defends the American policy while comparing the Kurd situation and the safe havens to the Israeli-Palestinian situation. Clip 9: Channel Four News reports on the problems met by the humanitarian efforts to alleviate the Kurds’ situation. Includes footage of Kurdish refugees in Turkey, Nadhim Zahawi (Kurdish exile) speaking about the Kurds’ fears and hopes, and Lynda Chalker MP analyzing the priorities in the refugee camps. Clip 10: Report on the humanitarian camps and the number of refugees in or near Zakho, Dahuk, and Cukurca. Contains footage with Abdul Amir al-Anbari and French Doctor Pierre Barel aiding the sick in the refugee camps. Political Editor Michael Brunson reports on the latest developments of John Major’s idea of safe havens for the Kurds in Iraq. Clip 11: Richard Armitage (US Special Envoy to Middle East) talks about the changes in American policy towards the Kurds. Peter Galbraith (Senate Foreign Relations Committee) and several journalists reply on the same topic. Clip 12: Report by Nick Gowing, Diplomatic Editor at ITN Channel Four News, about having a cautious skepticism towards Iraq and Saddam Hussein’s promises. Includes an interview with Rosalyn Higgins, Professor of International Law at LSE in which she compares the Kurdish and Palestinian camps. Clip 13: News report detailing the Kurdish situation along the Turkish and Iranian borders. Contains details about the Anglo-American French operations and their declared purpose of easing the pre