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Khalfan Al Badwawi researching British records on Oman at the UK National Archives
THE Foreign Office has been branded a “disgrace” over its refusal to release records of a special forces training exercise in the Middle East 35 years ago.
Omani exile Khalfan al-Badwawi is demanding transparency on British military involvement in the Gulf.
Oman is ruled by the tyrannical Sultan Qaboos, who was placed on the throne by British forces in 1970.
Tehran retaliates with attacks on Israel, the Gulf Arab states and crude oil flows
As the government quietly upgrades the role of Britain’s special forces, their growing global footprint and near-total exemption from democratic oversight should alarm us all, says ROGER McKENZIE
As the cover-ups collapse, IAN SINCLAIR looks at the shocking testimony from British forces who would ‘go in and shoot everyone sleeping there’ during night raids — illegal, systematic murder spawned by an illegal invasion