Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CNN Evening News for Friday, Aug 02, 1991


Title: War in the Gulf- A Look Back- Aftermath

Abstract:
  • Bernard Shaw hosts a retrospective on the Gulf War

  • Kuwait: Oil wells sabotaged/ health crisis, increased respiratory illnesses/ effects on ecology/ economy destroyed/ government upheaval/ Palestinians persecuted

  • Iraq: Baghdad crippled/ infrastructure destroyed/ Saddam Hussein continues to live in luxury/ Shiite and Kurd uprisings/ Kurds feel betrayed as US forces leave Iraq/ supplies air-lifted to northern Iraq, "Operation Provide Comfort"/ US forces enter northern Iraq to restore order

  • Begin Time:07:30:00 pm
    End Time:08:00:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:876859
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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