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Dec 2023
55m 52s

4 - The Aftermath

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‘It looked like what you’d always imagine hell would.’ General Norman Schwarzkopf masterminded the US-led coalition’s crushing victory. Afterwards Stormin Norman flew along the Highway of Death, the road out of Kuwait, looking down on what his troops had done. Schwarzkopf’s men freed Kuwait and shattered the Iraqi army, its charred remains littering the highway – but did the outcome make further conflict inevitable?


Narrated by Paul Waggott

Written by Robin Scott Elliot

Production and Sound Design by Holy Smokes Audio

Executive Producers Tony Pastor + Neil Fearn

A Goalhanger Podcasts Production

Cast;

Amal El-hawrani

Nezar Alderazi

Terry Silverthorne

Kasper Michaels

Cherise Silvestri

Amina-Rose Jameel

Yusef Jameel

Ali Al-Saffu

Tim Skinner

Thomas Mitchells

Abdelrahman Alhato

Qutaiba F. Abdelhaq

Tony E. Walker

Dorien Jaye

Ahmad Al Al Ketbi

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