Desert Storm: The War Begins

1991•1h 15m

DocumentaryWar

An historic presentation by CNN documenting the lead up to and the beginning of the war in Iraq.

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CNN

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Region US · Lang EN

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Cast

Bernard Shaw

Self

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Barbara Bush

Self (archive footage)

Dick Chaney

Self (archive footage)

Saddam Hussein

Self (archive footage)

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Bob Dole

Self (archive footage)

Ruhollah Khomeini

Self (archive footage)

James Baker III

Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Willy Brandt

Self (archive footage)

Wolf Blitzer

Self (archive footage)

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