Teletext Recovery - 21/02/1991

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:4:/39       1/22       THE GULF AND OTHER TOP STORIES FROM BBC'S NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS TELETEXT SERVICE CEEFAX             A-Z Index News Menu GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:55/21   IRAQI PRESIDENT  FORESEES WAR 2/22 President Saddam Hussein has told his people that "the mother of battles will be our victory and martyrdom." "There is no coursj than the one we have chosen, except the course of humiliation and darkness," he said in a broadcast address to Iraqis. If Iraq's peace proposals, being taken to Moscow by foreign minister Tareq Aziz, are rejected, "this will only confirm the premeditated intentions of the aggression against us," he said. He also attacked anti-Iraq Arab leaders, who he said were traitors. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:45/44   WHITE HOUSE "DISAPPOINTED"  BY SADDAM SPEECH 3/22 The White Housj has expressed its disappointment with President Saddam Hussein's broadcast to Iraq. Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the Iraqi leader "repeats the same invjctivj and disregard for the UN mandate that we have heard so often since 2 August." "For our part, the coalition forces remain on the course set by the 12 United Nations resolutions," he said. Kuwaiti ambassador to the UN, Mohammed Abul Hasan, said it was no surprise the speech showed "complete defiance". 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:45/27   MAJOR: WE WILL SEE  KUWAIT IS FREED 4/22 The Primj Minister has said today's speech by Iraqi president Saddam Hussein contains "no glimmer of hope". There was no hint in the speech that the Iraqi leader was willing to comply with UN Security Council resolutions, said Mr Major. Unless the UN resolutions were obeyed in full, "there will be a land conflict," Mr Major predicted. He again pledged that the Allies would do everything they could to keep casualties as low as possible. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:56/41   AZIZ ARRIVES IN MOSCOW  FOR GULF TALKS 5/22 Iraqi foreign minister Tareq Aziz has arrived in Moscow, carrying Iraq's response to the Soviet Gulf peace plan. Mr Aziz was taken by car straight to the Kremvin where he met Pre idvne Gorbachev. The two then began discussions in private. Following the meeting Mr Gorbachev's spokesman, Vitaly Ignatenko, is to give a press conference. Earlier the Soviet foreign minister, Alexander Bessmcrtnykh, said he was still optimistic about the chances o the Soviet peace initiative. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:56/03   ALLIES ENGAGE IN CROSS-  BORDER MISSIONS 6/22 A US military spokesman has said that Allied forces are mounting cross- border raids into Iraq and Kuwait. But Brigadier General Richard Neal told a briefing in Riyadh that no permanent bases had been established on enemy territory. "It's a continuation of our active campaign of aggressive patrolling and reconnaissance efforts," he said. Later Iraq claimed to have repulsed an attack at the southern end of the front line. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:46/37   BRITISH FORCES IN  BIGGEST OPERATION 7/22 British forces in Saudi Arabia have launched their biggest attack on Iraqi troops since the war started. The Royal Artillery has deployed all of its guns in an Allied bombardment across a large area of the Iraqi front line. They have been firing at positions in Iraq up to 12 or more miles beyond the border in a "co-ordinated fire plan" with all the Allied forces. There were no Allied reports of counter fire. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Headlines

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:57/10   NISSAN WIDENS DISPUTE WITH  UK DISTRIBUTOR 8/22 Japanesj car firm Nissan has attacked its UK distributor, Nissan UK, for setting "outrageous" prices for the new Nissan Sunny car, launched today. Nissan Motor Co accused the Worthing- based dealers of setting prices much higher than the manufacturers wanted to maintain their high profit margins. The accusation widens an ongoing dispute between the two groups. NMC wants to strip Nissan UK, its sole UK distrbutor, of the right to deal in its vehicles from the jnd of this0year, ending a successful 21-year partnership 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:58/45   CROATIA TAKES STEP  TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE 9/22 The Yugoslav republic of Croatia has voted to give precedence to its own constitution over the federation's. The movj follows a similar one by neighbouring republic Slovenia yesterday to assert its independence from the central Belgrade government. The largest republic, Serbia, wants to keep the 45-year-old federation intact. Tomorrow, representatives of all the republics are meeting in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, as part of a continuing attempt to agree the future of Yugoslavia. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:47/17   PROTESTS CONTINUE  IN ALBANIA 10/22 In Albania, the Communist party central committee is reported to have met into the night to discuss reform. This followed the announcement by President Ramiz Alia yesterday that he would form a new government under his personal control. Today's meeting followed more pro- democracy prtotests in the capital, Tirana. Soldiers fired shots to keep demonstrators away from an area housing high party officials. Yesterday a huge statue of former dictator Enver Hoxha was toppled. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:49/41   DAME MARGOT FONTEYN  DIES AT 71 11/22 Dame Margot Fonteyn has died at the age of 71 at Paitilla hospital in Panama City, after a long illness. One of the world's greatest dancers, for many years she was prima ballerina of the Sadlers Wells and Royal Ballet companies. Dame Margot, born Margaret Hookham, was the Royal Ballet's only dancer to win the title "prima ballerina assoluta". Ms Fonteyn was married to Roberto Arias, a Panamanian politician who was paralysed by an assassination attempt in 1964. He died in 1989. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:49/15   HARDLINERS MOVE TO  REMOVE YELTSIN 12/22 Conservatives in the Russian Parliament have demanded an emergency meeting to consider a motion censuring its president, Boris Yeltsin. The motion says his "striving for confrontation is ruining the USSR". Soviet deputies have denounced Mr Yeltsin's television broadcast in which he demanded the resignation of President Gorbachev. Mr Yeltsin was elected by a slim majority and a BBC correspondent says today's move could be an attempt to have him voted out of office. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:39/18   LORD YOUNG DEFENDS HIS  ROLE IN ROVER SALE 13/22 Former trade secretary Lord Young has defended his role in the sale of the Rovjr car group to British Aerospace. He said the deal was "one of his most significant achievements" while in govjrnment. He added that it was good for the nation and good for the taxpayer. "There were 200,000 British jobs at stake here," he said. Lord Young and his department have been severely criticised by a Commons select committee for attempting to hide some details of the sale. 120 Report details 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch Details Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:00/41   HURD EXCLUDES  COLLAPSE OF USSR 14/22 Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd has ruled out the dissolution of the USSR as an objective of Western policy. He said that neither dissolution nor isolation of the Soviet Union would be in the interests of the West. "All the peoples of the Soviet Union should enjoy the right to self- determination," Mr Hurd told the Great Britain-USSR Association. But, he said, it was in the West's interest that the Soviet republics "should find a new way of working together on the basis of consent." 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News Newswatch Details Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:40/04   IN  BRIEF 15/22 COLD The Salvation Army is to distribute 10,000 heat-reflecting "space blankets" to people living on Britain's streets. CHARGES The chairman of Polly Peck, Asil Nadir, has dropped a case against the Serious Fraud Squad, which brought 18 criminal charges against him. He began proceedings after the SFO refused to givj him information on its inquiry. VISIT The Bulgarian president has laid a wreath on the grave of writer Georgi Markov, killed in London in 1978. The visit to the grave in Dorset is the first official Bulgarian tribute to him 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military NewsExtra Newswatch GulfIndex Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:49/47   SUSTAINED RAIDS  ACROSS BORDE 16/22 The Allied forces have launched a heavy sustained artillery barrage all along the Saudi-Kuwaiti border. British military spokesman Colonel Barry Stevens said the 7th Armoured Brigade had used 72 guns and 12 multi- launch rocket systems during the raids. He said the aim was to hit Iraqi tanks, artillery, command and control sites, logistical sites and troop morale. A BBC correspondent said UK artillery fired at positions in Iraq up to 12 miles beyond the border. He thought the war was entering a new phase. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:01/11   MORE IRAQIS  CAPTURED 17/22 US forces have returned to the Iraqi bunker complex where they captured several hundred prisoners yesterday. Brigadier General Richard Neal told a military briefing in Riyadh that 14 more troops surrendered and a quantity of surveillance documents was found. Among those taken prisoner yesterday was an infantry battalion commander and his staff, he said. In today's assault, a number of weapons were recovjred, Brig Gen Neal said. They included a mortar, assault rifles and small arms and grenades. 101 War headlinjs 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:52/33   GR-1s CRATER MORE  IRAQI RUNWAY 18/22 RAF GR-1 Tornados have been bombing runways in south-east Iraq, a British military spokesman in Riyadh has said. Group Captain Niall Irving said the planes had been successful in cratering and paralysing airfields. RAF Jaguars had destroyed two and damaged two more Iraqi multi-rocket launchers, he said at a briefing. Royal Navy minesweepers have located and neutralised several mines in Gulf waters, he said. Three diving teams had been used in the operations in "poor conditions". 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:42/27   ALLIES CONTINUE  SORTIES 19/22 Allied forces have continued to hit Iraqi military targets, with attacks on the Rjpublican Guard and artillery positions. Colonel Ahmed al-Robayan told a briefing in Riyadh that 2,400 Allied sorties were flown during the past 24 hours - some 88,000 in total. About 1,355 Iraqi prisoners of war were now in Saudi custody, not including those captured by US forces yesterday. Colonel al-Robayan also said eight Senegalese soldiers had been injured in conflict - the first since war began. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:43/31   "PROTESTS"  IN IRAQ 20/22 Allied military sources say there have been anti-government demonstrations in a number of towns in Iraq. The sources said they had strong evidence of at least two or three protests in towns outside Baghdad. In at least one case the demonstration was repressed, they said. But the sources declined to say whether the demonstrations indicated widespread discontent in the country. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:43/22   PROTESTS REPORTED  IN IRAQ 21/22 Military sources say there have been anti-government demonstrations in a number of towns in Iraq. The sources said they had strong evidence of at least two or three protests in towns outside Baghdad. In at least one casj the demonstration was repressed, they said. But the sources declined to say whether the demonstrations indicated widespread discontent in the country. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 21 Feb 21:43/46   SCUDS FIRED AT  SAUDI ARABIA 22/22 Saudi Arabia has said Iraq fired two Scuds at the garrison town of Hafr al- Batin near the Saudi-Iraq border today. A military spokesman says one Scud was intercepted by a Patriot, while the other broke up in flight. It is not thought there have been any injuries or damage. It is the second attack in a week on the town. Two Scuds hit a residential area last Thursday, slightly wounding four people. 101 War headlines 130 Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel

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