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Iran 1953: MI6 plots with Islamists to overthrow democracy

by MARK CURTIS | 1 August 2023
TAGGED: Declassified files, Iran

James Cleverly: The UK’s dictatorships man

by MARK CURTIS | 16 May 2023
TAGGED: Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Dishonest diplomacy: Foreign Office duplicity on Israel and human rights must end

by PETER OBORNE | 27 April 2023
TAGGED: Burma, Israel

‘Stain on this country’: King Charles condemned for 120 meetings with Arab autocracies

by PHIL MILLER | 26 April 2023
TAGGED: Bahrain, Jordan

How Tony Blair sealed UK relations with Egypt’s dictatorship

by MARK CURTIS | 20 April 2023
TAGGED: Declassified files, Egypt

Revealed: Britain secretly believes Israel has nuclear weapons, but won’t admit it

by PHIL MILLER | 19 April 2023
TAGGED: Israel, Nuclear

Blair misled parliament over 1998 Iraq bombing, files show

by MARK CURTIS | 17 April 2023
TAGGED: Declassified files, Iraq, US

BP extracted Iraqi oil worth £15bn after British invasion

by MATT KENNARD | 22 March 2023
TAGGED: BP, Iraq

Revealed: British mercenary tortured Arab prisoner

by PHIL MILLER | 16 February 2023
TAGGED: Cyprus, Oman

Britain’s 42 coups since 1945

by MARK CURTIS | 12 January 2023

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