Unholy Babylon by Adil Darwish

Unholy Babylon by Adil Darwish

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The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait was, according to this book, the logical conclusion to 20 years of diplomatic duplicity, greed and corruption. The powerful arms lobby, politicians and the media in the UK, France and the USA were behind a campaign of misinformation about Iraq, it is claimed.

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Unholy Babylon by Adil Darwish

This book aims to demonstrate that the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on 2nd August 1990 was the logical conclusion to 20 years of diplomatic duplicity, greed and corruption, particularly on the part of Britain, France and the USA. While world leaders greeted Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait with astonished outrage, displaying a spirit of unity seldom seen in international politics, only a few days earlier top advisers in London, Cairo and Jerusalem had played down intelligence reports of just such an attack, it is claimed. The pursuit of short-sighted and relentlessly self-interested foreign policies led the West to arm Iraq with an arsenal of weapons capable of destruction, while Iraq's appalling record on human rights and the implications for the security of neighbouring states was ignored. Further, it is claimed that a powerful lobby of arms manufacturers, politicians and journalists were behind a deliberate campaign of misinformation which hid the truth about the Iraqi regime and misrepresented the nature of its ambitions. The book also reveals details of: the links between the pro-Iraq lobby of MPs at Westminster and the international arms trade; the rivalry between the CIA and MI6 which led to a crucial breakdown in communications over the spread of missile technology in the Middle East; the British and European companies which illegally supplied arms to Iraq with the knowledge of the government and the intelligence services; and the secret deal between London and Iraq over terrorist attacks in Britain.
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ISBN 13 9780575050549
ISBN 10 0575050543
Titre Unholy Babylon
Auteur Adil Darwish
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Orion Publishing Co
Année de publication 1991-01-28
Nombre de pages 256
Note de couverture La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier.
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