{"product_id":"o-daughter-of-babylon-riad-el-taher-9781789553222","title":"O Daughter of Babylon: Journey of an Iraqi Patriot and What Chilcot Didn't Say","description":"\u003cp\u003eRiad El-Taher arrived in England to study engineering just in time to hear Tony Benn railing against Anthony Eden's 1956 Suez policy. He was rarely far from politics thereafter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the UN imposed crippling sanctions on his native land, he took Tam Dalyell, George Galloway and ex-BBC reporter, Tim Llewellyn, to Iraq to see their effect. At Dalyell's suggestion he formed a widely supported organisation to campaign for a reversal of this policy; after the Second Gulf War this redirected its fire at the occupation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe made enemies too, and believed he landed in Wandsworth jail as a result. Dalyell, who considered Riad to be motivated by 'an un-self-seeking desire to protect the well-being of people in Iraq, ' called his treatment 'a process of nasty, political vengeance.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither a Ba'athist, nor an emigre oppositionist, Riad's patriotic voice is arguably unique and deserves to be heard. Though polemical, and posing uncomfortable questions, this is also the story of a remarkably varied life and the wide range of people encountered in it, not least among them Saddam Hussein.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Riad El-Taher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789553229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789553222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Generation Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d","brand":"Riad El-Taher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453921439999,"sku":"9781789553222","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b38621d-4e94-41c5-8679-d62b99b549f7.jpg?v=1777303039","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/o-daughter-of-babylon-riad-el-taher-9781789553222","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}