UK Gov't Denies Exploiting BA Flight For 1990 Kuwait Intel Op

By Eddie Beaver ( May 22, 2025, 6:30 PM BST) -- The government has denied intentionally exploiting a commercial British Airways flight to insert military intelligence operatives into Kuwait just before the Iraq invaded its neighbor in 1990, but admitted it cannot be ruled out that unidentified officers were on board by coincidence....

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