Desert Storm: The War Begins (1991)
An historic presentation by CNN documenting the lead up to and the beginning of the war in Iraq.
Top billed cast
Bernard ShawSelf
George H. W. BushSelf (archive footage)
Barbara BushSelf (archive footage)
Dick ChaneySelf (archive footage)
Saddam HusseinSelf (archive footage)
Mikhail GorbachevSelf (archive footage)
Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
Bob DoleSelf (archive footage)
Ruhollah KhomeiniSelf (archive footage)
James Baker IIISelf (archive footage)
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