[PDF file]: […] regrettably it is no longer British – who provided the gift were scrupulous to ensure that by building-in the necessary checks there could be no philatelic profiteering.1 Libya: agent protection issues The top-end end of the SIS lifestyle management service today was exposed earlier this year when Moussa Koussa landed in Britain by private […]
[…] chance, the FO shut it down. Curiously enough, no sign of said ‘complex operation’ has ever been made visible, not even in Crozier’s memoir Free Agent. Was Libya responsible for the killing of PC Yvonne Fletcher in 1984? In one of Tony Gosling’s many e-mails was a timely reminder of the 1996 Dispatches documentary […]
[PDF file]: […] anti-communist campaign in Finland a few months later; the disastrous failure in Norway that this produced (which, ironically, propelled Churchill to power); the diversion of forces from Libya to Greece in early 1941 when the success of the British offensive seemed secure – and the subsequent routing of those forces in, and their evacuation […]
The view from the bridge Robin Ramsay Thanks to Nick Must (in particular) and Garrick Alder for editorial and proofreading assistance. *new* Simon says Regular contributor to these columns, Simon Matthews, has a new book out. Looking for a New England, the sequel to his Psychedelic Celluloid, is published on 28 January 2021. Details of […]
[PDF file]: […] – replacing the UN in attempting to resolve international crises. This process started with the Serbian intervention of 1999 and then extended to Afghanistan (2001), Iraq (2003), Libya (2011), Syria (2012) as well as to Asia and the Pacific in a show of strength against China. The second Cold War Sakwa argues that there […]
[PDF file]: […] and too left-wing by the Scottish Labour establishment. But with hindsight his views on Afghanistan (the real danger came not from Russia but from Islamic extremists) and Libya (there should be a rapprochement with Gaddafi) have both been endorsed by events. 37 Winter 2010 Despite Callaghan’s error, and even allowing for the leadership of […]
[…] And he said, “This is a memo that describes how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.” I said, “Is it classified?” He said, “Yes, sir.” I said, “Well, don’t show it to me.” And I saw […]
[PDF file]: […] the United States’. (p. 1) The first chapter sets out to demonstrate this point by emphasising the extent to which the Cameron government pushed for intervention in Libya, while the Obama administration prevaricated and held back. Indeed, Obama was actually regarded as an ‘obstacle’ to be overcome if intervention was to take place. (p. […]
[…] And he said, “This is a memo that describes how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.” I said, “Is it classified?” He said, “Yes, sir.” I said, “Well, don’t show it to me.” And I saw […]
[PDF file]: […] time of the strike, Roger Windsor and Steve Hudson, and a Libyan living in England, were persuaded to state that Scargill and Heathfield had used funds from Libya – in cash – to pay the mortgages on their houses during the strike. This story was run initially in the Daily Mirror and on TV […]
