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The BBC's Paul Welsh in the desert of Southern Iraq
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Tuesday, 14 November, 2000, 14:16 GMT
Pilot returns to the land that captured him
The desert was the setting for some terrible scenes
BBC News has gained exclusive access to an Iraqi military airbase, a key base in the Gulf War. In a special report, Paul Welsh has been to Iraq with the British airman John Nichol. Television pictures of the pilot, beaten after being shot down, are one of the defining images of the Gulf War.
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