Roots of the Gulf crisis / Eqbal Ahmed ; produced by David Barsamin.

Eqbal Ahmed, editor and Professor Politics at Hampshire College, talks about internal and external origins of the Iraq Gulf crisis: Saddam Hussein’s ambition, the legacy of British imperialism, the politics of oil, the role of the media, Iraeli-Palestinian issue, and the United States goals in the region. His information and analysis are ignored in the mainstream media.|ROOTS OF THE GULF CRISIS / Eqbal Ahmed| produced by David Barsamian. – Ahmed, editor and Professor of Politics at Hampshire College, talks about internal and external origins of the Iraq Gulf crisis, Saddam Hussein’s ambition, the legacy of British imperialism, the politics of oil, the role of the media, Israeli/Palestinian issue, and the U.S. goals in the region. His information and analysis are ignored in the mainstream media. – RECORDED: in Boston, 17 Nov. 1990.