Under Siege in Kuwait

Jadranka Porter went to live in Kuwait in 1985 where she was a political writer for the English language daily, "The Arab Times". She met and interviewed many of the West's leading political figures, including General Norman Schwartzkopf who was later to become Commander of the Allied Forces in the Gulf. When the Iraqis invaded Kuwait, Jadranka and her American boyfriend went into hiding. She watched as her friends left, one by one. She lived in an atmosphere of terror and in constant fear of betrayal, even of being shot as a spy, as she smuggled reports of Iraqi brutality out of Kuwait to the London "Sunday Times". She became the link in a complex underground network which kept in touch by secret phone calls. She and her boyfriend were arrested after Iraqi troops beat down her door. She was released, but her boyfriend was taken to Iraq as a human shield hostage. She had no news of him for three months. While she lived in hiding with Kuwaiti friends, she bypassed check-points and street patrols, carrying news and food to friends hidden in all parts of the city. In this book she tells the story of her time under siege in Kuwait.