KUWAIT: PASSENGERS SCUFFLE AS THEY WAIT AT THE AIRPORT TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY AHEAD OF THE U.S. LED INVASION OF IRAQ.

Record ID: 351248

  • Title: KUWAIT: PASSENGERS SCUFFLE AS THEY WAIT AT THE AIRPORT TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY AHEAD OF THE U.S. LED INVASION OF IRAQ.
  • Date: 19th March 2003
  • Summary: SHOWS: (W7) KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT (MARCH 19, 2003) (REUTERS - 1. HAS/WS: OF CROWDS INSIDE KUWAIT AIRPORT. 0.04 2. VARIOUS OF PASSENGERS ARGUING WITH CHECK-IN STAFF. ( 5 SHOTS) 0.35 3. MV: WAITING CHILDREN PLAYING WITH DOLL. 0.39 4. MV: OF PASSENGERS SITTING ON BOXES AND SUITCASES. (2 SHOTS) 0.49 5. WS:THAI AIRLINES COUNTER.
  • Embargoed: 3rd April 2003 13:00
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  • Location: KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT
  • Country: Kuwait
  • Reuters ID: LVAD9ZBXSZ0NRNDDNVC0U7HRA6J5
  • Story Text: Scuffles broke out at Kuwait airport on Wednesday
    evening as foreign residents struggled to get out of Kuwait
    ahead of a U.S.- led invasion of Iraq.



    SHOWS: For many, Wednesday (March 19) was the last chance to
    get out of Kuwait as several airlines, including Thailand's
    national carrier, either checked in for their final flights or
    laid on special chargers.

    Several hundred visibly worried passengers jostled with
    each other and tried to push their way to the front in a
    desperate bid to secure precious seats on planes out of a city
    which has become the front line of the expected U.S. invasion.

    Small children sat patiently clutching toys, seemingly
    oblivious to the near-panic swirling around them.

    It was a brutal contrast with the Kuwait City of old,
    whose population had seemed totally unflappable until today.

    Two Thai passengers freely admitted that they were scared
    and wanted to get out -- others merely stood anxiously waiting
    for that once chance to get home.




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