NIGHTLINE SPECIAL. 17/01/1991

Summary of today's events in the Persian Gulf war- declaration; response from around the world; peace demonstrations; Iraqis in NZ; impact of war on ordinary ME people; safety of NZers still in the Gulf; prospects for escalation, military options; analysis, speculation, comment. Jim Bolger, PM (studio interview); Ayad Al-Kaissi (Iraqi National in NZ); Zainelo Al-Kaissi (Iraqi National in NZ); Wendy Lee (NZr, fmr worker in Middle East); Don Harwood (NZ Consul, Bahrain); Don McKinnon, MP (press conference); Ron MacIntyre (Middle East specialist); Shmuel Ovnat (Israeli Ambassador to NZ); Chris Pugsley (military historian); voxpop.