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Blair urged Kuwait to buy UK artillery as Gulf war payback, papers show

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Blair repeatedly lobbied Crown Prince Sheikh Saad between 1998 and 1999. He even called in on him during a brief stopover on a flight home from South Africa to press the point. The UK government believed it was due the award of a significant defence equipment contract in recognition of its defence of Kuwait.

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The Guardian

Blair urged Kuwait to buy UK artillery as Gulf war payback, papers show

Notes from late 1990s show UK government believed it was due contract in recognition of defence of Kuwait

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Blair begged Kuwait for arms deal as thank you for Gulf War help, papers suggest

Labour prime minister Tony Blair was in the Middle Eastern nation in 1999 to talk up the AS90 artillery weapon.

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Express & Star

Blair begged Kuwait for arms deal as thank you for Gulf War help, papers suggest

Labour prime minister Tony Blair was in the Middle Eastern nation in 1999 to talk up the AS90 artillery weapon.

2 years ago·Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

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Al Arabiya

Tony Blair urged Kuwait to buy UK arms as Gulf War payback in 1990s: Documents

Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair reportedly urged Kuwait to buy the United Kingdom’s latest artillery to compensate for supporting the Gulf

2 years ago·Saudi Arabia

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Middle East Monitor

Tony Blair pressured Kuwait to buy UK artillery as payback for Gulf War support, documents reveal

Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, pressured Kuwait into an arms contract for the UK's latest artillery as a form of payback for supporting the Gulf country during its invasion by Iraq in 1990, newly-released documents have revealed. In files recently released by the UK's National Archives in Kew, internal briefing notes from the late 1990s – years after the US-led coalition pushed Iraqi forces out of Kuwait and devastated Saddam Hussein…

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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