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Publications The role of Intelligence Sections is to confirm or deny information in order to process it into intelligence. 'Worst Fears Confirmed', the title of this book, comes from a statement made by Major Brian Urquhart, GSO 2 (Intelligence) HQ 1 st Airborne Corps, upon successfully identifying the presence of the SS Panzer units at Arnhem prior to Operation Market Garden in 1944; intelligence which was ignored with tragic consequences. This book aims to record the history of British Airborne Forces Intelligence units and personnel from the Second World War until the present day. Although the history concentrates on the Intelligence Corps, I have also inc]uded details of Intelligence Sections down to Battalion level whose role was vital to the intelligence process. I have also highlighted some of the security measures employed in order for airborne operations to achieve surprise, as well as the failures and successes of the planning of airborne operations from the intelligence viewpoint. I have a life long interest in military history especially the exploits of the wmiime Airborne and Commando Forces. I am full of admiration for those who served in these units and organizations such as the Special Operations Executive. There has been very little written about the Intelligence Corps in general and the Airborne Intelligence and Field Security Sections in particular. I have not intended this book to be a history of airborne operations in general but I hope that it does justice to those brave men whose story is recorded here.   Published by Barny Books Hough on the Hill Grantham, Lines Ph; 01400 250246 ISBN; 1.903172.54.3   Forth coming book – The RAF regiment which includes a chapter on the Assyrian Levies.

The Middle East, April-August 1941   Robert Lyman A Close-Run Thing: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1941 (London: Constable, forthcoming, 2006) Robert Lyman Iraq, 1941 (London: Osprey, forthcoming, 2006)   Author   Robert Lyman spent twenty years in the British Army and is the author of Slim, Master of War (London: Constable, 2004).    A Close-Run Thing: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1941   1941 was probably the worst year in Britain’s modern history.  Britain stood on the very edge of defeat in the European war.  France had fallen and the rump French state based in Vichy sided openly with Germany.  Until June 1941 Russia was an uneasy ally of Hitler and the USA was not to join the war on Britain’s side until mid-December: indeed, throughout 1941 it seemed unlikely that the USA would join Great Britain in its struggle against fascism at all.  Although the heroic efforts of the RAF had averted a German cross-channel invasion as a result of the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940, things still looked very bleak.  The pre-war professional British Army had been lost at Dunkirk and it was taking an inordinately long time to recover from two decades of military impoverishment.  Even worse, the substantial gains by General Wavell in the Libyan desert against the Italians in 1940 had been reversed by March 1941 at the hand of the Afrika Korps under that wily ‘desert fox’, Erwin Rommel and the British were unable to stop the German seizure of both Greece and Crete. But Britain’s position was even weaker than it appeared on the surface.   Why? Britain’s sole source of oil was its oilfields in Iran (principally the Anglo-Iranian oilfield at Abadan) at the head of the Persian Gulf and in Northern Iraq. Without oil, Britain would be unable to fight and, unless the USA came to her aid, would force her to sue for peace.  If Britain had lost Iraq in 1941 it many even have lost the war altogether, unless the USA had immediately, unequivocally and in overwhelming force joined on Britain’s side.  This, in 1941, was by no means certain.  The efforts of the previous 18 months to hold the Nazi monster at bay would have come to nought and Britain would have failed, ignominiously, with unimaginable consequences for Europe and of the free world.  The problem was that in 1941 Britain’s position in the Middle East was far from secure.  Iraq had been a British League of Nations mandate until 1930, after which a generally friendly Iraqi government had allowed British use of the country, and had agreed to allow it the transit of troops in time of war.  Two RAF airbases were maintained in the country to support the line of communications to India, one near Baghdad (RAF Habbaniya) and the other near Basra (RAF Shaibah).  But in early 1941 a military coup in Baghdad forced out the pro-British Regent and installed a pro-German faction intent on forcing Britain out and giving her oil to Germany.  At the same time, Germany had been assiduously wooing Iran for some time and there was a very real possibility that Britain would be thrown out and lose the Abadan oilfields. It was doubly disastrous that these dual threats arose at the same time.  Britain could have survived with the loss of either Iraq or Iran, but not both.  Now, in the difficult spring of 1941, Churchill was faced with a disaster of potentially war-ending consequences for Britain.  There were wider ramifications of the loss of Iraq as well, as it provided the aerial bridge between the Mediterranean and India, the loss of which would have been very damaging to Britain’s Indian and Far Eastern Empire.   A Close-Run Thing: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1941 examines what Britain did to secure the Middle East in 1941 in the face of these dire threats to her survival.

Photo; Assyrian attack on falluja 1941- ilustration by Howard Gerrard- Permition from editor is required to copy.

Mr Frederick P. Isaac An Insider’s Look at Iraqi Human Rights Violations  New Book Provides First-Hand Account of Persecution in Middle East   Philadelphia, PA – February 10, 2003 – Jihad.  Many recognize this term, meaning “holy war” in Arabic, especially after deadly events during the last few years.  Whether openly or secretly promoted by Islamic religious organizations, and with or without the approval of their governments, jihad forwards the cause of Islam through open threats and violence.  While the whole world now knows the deadly effects of jihad, non-Islamic peoples living in Islamic countries have suffered its violence for decades.  Now their story is told. Indigenous Peoples Under the Rule of Islam, a new book by Frederick P. Isaac, details the systematic mistreatment of non-Muslim natives, their denial of basic human rights, and their daily discrimination and persecution.  This treatment, asserts Mr. Isaac, amounts to a clear-cut policy of genocide for aboriginal groups who refuse to convert to Islam. Mr. Isaac, whose family lived in and fled from Iraq during the 1930s, details the use of terrorism, expansion, coercion, suicide bombing, and attacks on civilian targets as some of jihad’s aggressive methods, particularly in Israel and Iraq.  He explains how mujahideen, or holy warriors, apply Islamic law and impose it on non-Muslims living in Islamic territory. Consequently, Mr. Isaac explains, the non-Muslim inhabitants become subjects of the Islamic policy of  “conversion by the sword,” which seeks to eliminate the cultural identity, race, and faith of anything not Islamic. He provides many examples, involving such diverse peoples as Jews, Assyrians, Arab Lebanese, Syrian and Jordanian Christians, Egyptian Copts, and North African Berber Christians. The book also seeks to help people appreciate other aspects of Islam not thoroughly analyzed by the world media, aiming to raise the issue of human rights abuses of many indigenous people living under Islamic rule.  Mr. Isaac hopes to encourage bodies such as the United Nations to take more active measures against inhumane and undemocratic practices, which he believes constitute a serious threat to world peace. About the Author Frederick P. Isaac was born in 1932 in Kirkuk, Iraq.  His parents fled to Lebanon from Iraq after the massacre of Assyrian villagers in 1933.  They returned in 1941 after his father was re-commissioned in the British Army.  Mr. Isaac has worked in administrative positions with the Iraqi News Agency, the U.S. International Cooperation Administration, and various oil companies in Iraq and Kuwait.  Married in 1962, Mr. Isaac moved with his wife and three children to Australia in 1971.  Since then, he has written about the plight of the Assyrians.  His work has been published in various magazines. Indigenous Peoples Under the Rule of Islam By Frederick P. Isaac Publication Date: August 28, 2002 Trade Paperback; $20.99; 191 pages; 1-4010-4687-8 Cloth Hardback; $30.99; 191 pages; 1-4010-4688-6 The author is available for interviews by emailing beth.staples@xlibris.com. To request a complimentary paperback review copy Indigenous Peoples under the Rule of Islam, contact the publisher at (215) 923-4686 x. 190.  To purchase copies of the book for resale, please fax Xlibris at (215) 599-0114. About Xlibris Xlibris is a publishing services company based in Philadelphia and a strategic partner of Random House Ventures, LLC, a subsidiary of Random House, Inc. Xlibris books can be purchased in any major bookstore, or online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders or Xlibris. For more information, contact Xlibris at (888) 795-4274 or on the web at www.xlibris.com. Book Description from Cover By its sheer population alone, Islam is asserting itself as a major driving force in world affairs. Western Powers may have economic and military superiority, but as a religion, Islam is persistently pursuing its objective of propagating the Mohammadan mission throughout the world through its agenda of the Abode of Peace and the Abode of War. Reflecting Mohammad’s charge into battle for Allah, Islam continues to strengthen its dominance in the Abode of Peace, and expand its activities through the chain of networked Jihad organizations in the Abode of War. The domestic policy of the Abode of Peace Islamic states consistently imposes its Islamic Shari’a rule on the aboriginal non-Moslems with a view to total Islamisation of the native minorities and their assimilation. In the process, these Islamic states have systematically mistreated the non-Moslem natives by denying them their basic human rights, subjecting them to daily discrimination and persecution. This treatment amounts to a clear-cut policy of genocide for aboriginal groups who refuse to convert to Islam. The Assyrians, as other subjugated aboriginal peoples, are voicing their demand for the return of their traditional homeland. Islamic governments remain deliberately oblivious to the pleas and demands of the suppressed Assyrians and other natives that live under the heavy yoke of Islam. The doctrine of Jihad, an integrated part of Islamic political system, encourages attacks, incursion and acquisition of other people’s territory by aggression. The international community, together with the United Nations Organization must shoulder the responsibility to address these crimes against humanity and help the aggrieved aboriginals free themselves. This book covers the history of Islam in the context of its tenacious objective of spreading its message, from the Ghazzu raids of the early Islamic campaigns to the modern Mujahideen fighters who use sophisticated technology and the power of the petro dollar to help achieve the domestic and global aims of Islam.   For online works by Fredrick P Isaac go directly to his website; click on link. http://members.theplanet.net.au/fpi/

Echoes of Ireland Letters to my Irish -Australian grandchildren By Group Captain Joe O’Sullivan OBE      Echoes of Ireland is a book foe everyone interested in an overview of Irish history and culture. Written as a series of letters to his grandchild, Joe explains the sweep of Irish history and its relationship to an Australian born Grandchild.   Group Captain Joe O’Sullivan OBE was born in cork and amongst other roles, is chairman of the Australian-Irish heritage Association. He served in the RAF from 1939 until 1945 and as a career officer until he retired in 1966. He immigrated to Australia in that year with his wife Zena, to whom he proposed at the Pyramids by moonlight. They have five children and eleven grandchildren who live in various parts of Australia, but are subject to an annual mustering. Joe is widely travelled and speaks many languages. He has also written Queen Adelaide’s Wine and Hunting of the Stark, a collection of poems.   Published by The Centre for Irish Studies 1998 Murdoch University Perth-Australia ISBN 0-86905-665-4   For online reading by Joe, Click on his link on this website.

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