Witness: Witness Archive 2015
Attack on the US Embassy in Islamabad
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:09:06
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Synopsis
In late November 1979, a mob inspired by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini set fire to the US Embassy in Islamabad. Those inside fled to the steel lined safe-room to await rescue, which took several hours to come. We hear from Marcia Gauger, an American reporter who was trapped inside. Photo: Pakistani troops resting outside the burnt out US Embassy in Islamabad 1979 (BBC)