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PM Thatcher and her husband Denis Thatcher driving the bus at a Tory campaign event in 1987. AP
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 1, 2017 | World
London – Keep the French “in the dark” and raise “three cheers!” to our American allies emerge as recurrent themes in top secret documents debating how to secure advanced military technology during the 1980s. Files released to the National Archives in Kew on...
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File photo of troops raising Israeli flag to mark the capture of Eliat during 1948 Arab-Israeli war. (AAA)
by Grace Perriman | Apr 26, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Declassified reports reveal that British colonial officers in Palestine predicted the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and the Arabs’ ensuing defeat following the partition of Palestine. The documents were released by the National Archives in...