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Join Host, Producer, and Modern History Enthusiast Robb Coles to revisit and walk through the big news stories that were breaking in the background of millennial childhood. For Season One: take a trip back to 1990, to the first Gulf War and Desert Storm. Follow the strange and terrifying tale of a British family and many others, who were working or vacationing in the middle east at the time of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and how these westerners became an unlikely but official part of Saddam Hussein's military strategy.
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English
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7 episodes
since May 8, 2020
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Join Host, Producer, and Modern History Enthusiast Robb Coles to revisit and walk through the big news stories that were breaking in the background of millennial childhood. For Season One: we take a trip back to 1990, to the first Gulf War and Desert Storm. We follow the strange and terrifying…
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After spending a week confined to their house on their expat housing compound, Glenda Lockwood, her sons, and their neighbors check into the International Hotel in Kuwait City. The Iraqi security guards might be keeping danger out, but they're also keeping the expats in. We also hear the story of B…
For Season One: we take a trip back to 1990, to the first Gulf War and Desert Storm. We follow the frightening and unlikely tale of a British family and many others, who were working or vacationing in the middle east at the time of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and how these unlikely westerne…
The Lockwood family has just experienced a joyous reunion, when Glenda, Craig and Stuart are reunited with Derek Lockwood after spending 2 stressful weeks apart. But they are quickly moved out of the Mansour Melia Hotel, and taken to a new location for housing that reveals the true reason for their…
The Lockwood family has been moved out of the 5 star hotel where they were being held hostage by the Iraqi government in Baghdad. Their new location is an office building in the middle of an industrial section of Baghdad. The Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament made a public statement, defining wh…
The Lockwood Family has been confined to a make shift hotel in the center of an industrial area in Baghdad. They are part of Saddam Hussein’s human shield program, the Iraqi policy to take foreigners in Iraq and Kuwait hostage, and house them near important buildings as a way of deterring military …
After spending close to a month being held hostage, at different locations throughout Iraq and Kuwait, three members of the Lockwood family finally set foot on British soil.
Saddam Hussein agreed to release the women and children, but the father’s and all the adult men, are required to stay o…
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