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Ambassador Glaspie's interventions
April Glaspie, American Ambassador to Iraq, is called to explain her pre-war conversations with Saddam Hussein. Could her words have aided the start of the 1990/1 Persian Gulf War?
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Fri 22 Mar 1991
21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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- Fri 22 Mar 1991 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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