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Date: 7th March 1991
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
Current Page: 138
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P138 CEEFAX 138 Thu 7 Mar 21:59/10 RED CROSS AID FOR BASRA Red Cross relief workers have gone to Basra in southern Iraq to assess the needs of the civlian population. Five experts travelled from Kuwait to the Iraqi city, and will be followed bya convoy carrying six tonnes of essential medicines and food. Basra - the target of intense Allied bombing and the scene of recent fighting between Iraqi government forces and rebel groups - has suffered severe infrastructural destruction. The Red Cross team will collect Kuwaitiprisoners and missing Western hostages.102Newswatch 180World News News Plus Gulf Headlines Newsreel