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Desert Storm: The War Begins

9.019911h 15mNRMovieDocumentaryWar

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

DirectorBob Bahr
WritersBob Bahr·Stacy Jolna
ProducersBob Bahr·Stacy Jolna

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Cast · Directed by Bob Bahr

BSBernard Shaw
Bernard Shaw
Self
GBGeorge H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
BBBarbara Bush
Barbara Bush
Self (archive footage)
DC
Dick Chaney
Self (archive footage)
SHSaddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein
Self (archive footage)
MGMikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage)
AHAdolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
BDBob Dole
Bob Dole
Self (archive footage)
RKRuhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self (archive footage)
JIJames Baker III
James Baker III
Self (archive footage)
GBGeorge W. Bush
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
WBWilly Brandt
Willy Brandt
Self (archive footage)

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