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Old Newscast: The Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, 1991 (Part 2)


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On the 24 February 1991 The ground operation in Kuwait begun. After 6 weeks of decisive air offenses, allied forces moved in with the mission to expel what was left of Saddam Hussein’s military presence in Kuwait.

Adam is joined again by three BBC reporters who were in the region at the time - Kate Adie, Justin Webb, and Jeremy Bowen.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Rufus Gray and Chris Flynn. The technical producers were Mike Regaard, Rohan Madison and Dafydd Evans. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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