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Davis, Stephen (Journalist)
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Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991.
Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Causes.
Hostages -- Iraq -- History.
Hostages -- Kuwait -- History.
Hostages -- Great Britain -- History.
Airline occupants -- Kuwait -- History.
British -- Iraq -- History.
British -- Kuwait -- History.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Iraq.
Iraq -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
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Davis, Stephen (Journalist)
Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991.
Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Causes.
Hostages -- Iraq -- History.
Hostages -- Kuwait -- History.
Hostages -- Great Britain -- History.
Airline occupants -- Kuwait -- History.
British -- Iraq -- History.
British -- Kuwait -- History.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Iraq.
Iraq -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
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Flight 149 : a hostage crisis, a secret special forces unit, and the origins of the Gulf War / Stephen Davis.
by
Davis, Stephen (Journalist)
Public Affairs, 2021.
Call #:
956.70442 D264f
Subjects
Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991.
Persian Gulf War, 1991
--
Causes.
Hostages
--
Iraq
--
History
.
Hostages
--
Kuwait
--
History
.
Hostages
--
Great Britain
--
History
.
Airline occupants
--
Kuwait
--
History
.
British
--
Iraq
--
History
.
British
--
Kuwait
--
History
.
Great Britain
--
Foreign relations
--
Iraq.
Iraq
--
Foreign relations
--
Great Britain.
ISBN:
9781541700055 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
viii, 275 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
"On August 1, 1990, Flight 149 was scheduled for its routine London-to-Kuala Lumpur run. But when the plane, carrying 385 passengers and crew, landed at a
Kuwait
airport to refuel that day, it was surrounded by Iraqi tanks and about to be bombed by fighter jets. The passengers and crew were kept as hostages and suffered brutal treatment including violent attacks, sexual assaults, and mock executions. When the survivors were eventually released, they were never told why their plane landed in the middle of an invasion, or who a mysterious team of late arrivals on the flight might have been. Their story was overshadowed by the ensuing Gulf War. Until now. In Flight 149, Stephen Davis draws on unique witness accounts from the hostages, and uncovers the lies and coverups orchestrated by the
British
secret service and CIA. This story reveals an astonishing misuse of intelligence that changed the course of
history
and forever altered the relationship between the West and the Middle East."--Publisher/
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