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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Davis, Stephen (Journalist)     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Davis, Stephen (Journalist)       by title:      Flight 149 : a hosta...       by call number:      956.70442 D264f     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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/ Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 956.70442 D264f Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 956.70442 D264f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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