On 1 August, 1990, British Airways Flight 149 departed from Heathrow airport, destined for Kuala Lumpur. It never made it there, and neither did its nearly 400 passengers. Instead, Flight 149 stopped to refuel in Kuwait, as Iraqi troops amassed on the border - delivering the passengers and crew into the hands of Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi army, to be used as 'human shields' during their invasion.Why did BA flight 149 proceed with plans to refuel in Kuwait City, even as all other flights were rerouted - and even though British and American governments had clear intelligence that Saddam was about to invade? The answer lies in an exchange of favours at the highest echelons of government, and a secret, unaccountable organization - authorised by Margaret Thatcher - carrying out a 'deniable' intelligence operation to sneak in a group of intelligence offers into Kuwait aboard the flight. The plane was the 'Trojan Horse', and the plan - as well as the horrific, traumatic consequences for the civilian passengers - has been lied about, denied and covered up by successive British Governments ever since. Soon to be a major TV drama, this explosive book is written with the full cooperation of the survivors, as well as astonishing and conclusive input from a senior intelligence source. It is a story of scandal, betrayal and misuse of intelligence at the highest levels of UK and US governments - which has had direct, horrifying impact on terror attacks in the West and the shape of the Middle East today. It is high time the truth is told.
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Operation Trojan Horse
The true story behind the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years
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Operation Trojan Horse
The true story behind the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years
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Geschichte des Nahen OstensTable of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1. Invasion
- 2. Trapped
- 3. ‘Don’t Try to Escape’
- 4. The Mission
- 5. The Increment
- 6. A Long Walk Home
- 7. Captivity
- 8. Survival
- 9. Siege, Part I: The Diary of George Saloom, Flight 149 Passenger
- 10. Women and Children First
- 11. Siege, Part Ii: The Diary of George Saloom, US Embassy Security Officer
- 12. Decision
- 13. Safe House
- 14. At the Mercy of Saddam
- 15. Crack-Ups and Round-Ups
- 16. Resistance
- 17. Siege, Part Iii: The Diary of George Saloom, Arab Hostage
- 18. Going Home
- 19. The Cover-Up Begins
- 20. The Suffering
- 21. The Search for Truth
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements/A Note About Sources
- Index
- About the Author
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