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'''Sir [[Derek Plumbly]]''' is former director of the Middle East department at the [[Foreign Office]]. | '''Sir [[Derek Plumbly]]''' is former director of the Middle East department at the [[Foreign Office]]. | ||
| − | ==Propagandist | + | ==Propagandist== |
| − | Referring to the [[2000 Riyadh Bombing]], [[Gordon Logan]] wrote that was | + | Referring to the [[2000 Riyadh Bombing]], [[Gordon Logan]] wrote that Plumbly was "routinely knighted to cover up the cock-up on his watch".<ref>[[Document:The MI6 Bombings in Saudi Arabia]]</ref> |
| − | According to [[journalist]] [[Neil Mackay]] he was | + | ===Operation Mass Appeal=== |
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| + | According to [[journalist]] [[Neil Mackay]] he was "one of the key figures" in the propaganda operation entitled [[Operation Mass Appeal]], which ran from the late [[1990s]] to facilitate to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]].<ref>Neil Mackay, (2006) ''The War on Truth'', Glasgow: Sunday Herald Books, p. 105</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 06:45, 1 February 2019
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Sir Derek Plumbly is former director of the Middle East department at the Foreign Office.
Propagandist
Referring to the 2000 Riyadh Bombing, Gordon Logan wrote that Plumbly was "routinely knighted to cover up the cock-up on his watch".[1]
Operation Mass Appeal
- Full article: Operation Mass Appeal
- Full article: Operation Mass Appeal
According to journalist Neil Mackay he was "one of the key figures" in the propaganda operation entitled Operation Mass Appeal, which ran from the late 1990s to facilitate to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[2]
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References
- ↑ Document:The MI6 Bombings in Saudi Arabia
- ↑ Neil Mackay, (2006) The War on Truth, Glasgow: Sunday Herald Books, p. 105
