Jeffrey Archer: The Kurds "The Simple Truth"

Jeffrey Archer: The Kurds "The Simple Truth"

by Lorraine Holloway-White

350 pages· 2013· ISBN 9781304020598

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Possible government cover-up's, media blackout's, Princess Diana, MI5, politics and an ordinary woman right in the heart of it. Jeffrey Archer is the only name people connect to Kurdish Relief, as he was given a peerage based on a concert named The Simple Truth, claiming responsibility for raising GBP57 million. This proved to be just that, a claim. Behind the scenes, British Aid for the Kurds (BAFK) were the largest independent Relief Aid organisation at the time, but who were they? Their work went unreported with achievements hidden. Raising approximately GBP200 million worth of relief aid, they were deemed unimportant. John Major's government instead pushed Jeffrey Archer as the hero of the hour instead- why? BAFK's appeal was launched almost a month before Archer's. Why was he given a life peerage for one of the smallest relief aid efforts for the Kurds? Why was there not room for both appeals? The story starts with Parcels for the Gulf. Read the facts and decide for yourselves.

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