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The War of Attrition Along the Suez Canal |
By Cummings, 'The Daily Express', January 2, 1969 |
By Papas, 'The Guardian', January 3, 1969 |
By Horner, 'The New Statesman', January 3, 1969 Old Testament (Revised Version) - 'it shall be a legion of eyes for an eye, a host of teeth for a tooth; and be ye not circumspect whose eyes, whose teeth .....!' Depicted: Moshe Dayan, Abba Eban. |
By Belsky, 'The Sun', January 6, 1969 |
By Trog, 'The Daily Mail', January 10, 1969 News: 9 Jan: Reports of a nuclear bomb held by Israel were doubted. (The Times Index, Jan-Feb 1969) |
By McLachian, 'The Sunday Mirror', February 2, 1969 News (28th Jan) Jewish spies were executed in Iraq. |
By Jak, 'The Evening Standard', February 18, 1969 News: British servicemen likely to be posted to the Middle East were told to cut off any Marks and Spencer labels from their shirts and underwear. |
By Franklin, 'The Daily Mirror', February 18, 1969 British troops head out to Kuwait. |
By Jak, 'The Evening Standard', February 20, 1969 News (19th Feb) Palestinian terrorists attacked an El Al aircraft at Zurich airport. (The Times Index, Jan-Feb 1969) |
By Papas, 'The Guardian', February 26, 1969 |
By Cummings, 'The Sunday Express', March 9, 1969 |
By Jak, 'The Evening Standard', March 12, 1969 An undeclared war of attrition was fought between Egypt and Israel along the Suez Canal. |
By Jak, 'The Evening Standard', April 1, 1969 News (31st March) BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) pilots went on strike. (The Times Index, March-April 1969) |
By Gibbard, 'The Guardian', April 12, 1969 Peace overture or a Trojan horse? |
By Jak, 'The Evening Standard', June 18, 1969 Courtesy of Omar Khayyam. |
By Oliphant, 'The Evening Standard', August 4, 1969 |
By Jak, 'The Evening Standard', August 26, 1969 News: 22 August: Jerusalem: Al Aqsa mosque fire: Arabs blame Jews for fire; Israeli cabinet call special meeting; commission of enquiry to be held; call for Islamic summit meeting. (The Times Page 4 col c) |
By Jak, 'The Evening Standard', August 28, 1969 News: 26 August: Arab-Israeli conflict: time bomb explodes in London office. (The Times Page 1) |
By Cummings, 'The Daily Express', August 31, 1969 |
By Cookson, 'The Evening News', September 1969 Brian Stead was a fictitious character in a BBC Television series titled "Mogul'. (Renamed 'The Troubleshooters') |
By Jak, 'The Evening Standard', September 19, 1969 |
By Mac, 'The Daily Sketch', September 19, 1969 |
By Jak, 'The Evening Standard', October 31, 1969 Libya military junta deposes King Idris in a coup led by Muammar Gaddafi. |
By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', November 3, 1969 Israeli troops delight as PLO and Lebanese forces pound each other. |
By David Langdon, 'The Sunday Mirror', December 1, 1969 France slaped an embargo on 50 Mirage jets that Israel had purchased. |
By Gibbard, 'The Guardian', December 29, 1969 5 Israeli Gunboats escape from Cherbourg under an umbrella of darkness on Christmas Eve. |
By Jak, 'The Evening Standard', December 30, 1969 |