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The People's Voice
November 12, 2013
In his book “Ben Gurion's Scandals: How the Haganah & the Mossad Eliminated Jews” he documented that Operation Ezra & Nehemiah, also known as Operation Ali Baba, was the airlift of more than 120 thousand Iraqi Jews from Iraq to Israel as a result of Israeli agents' terrorist attacks against Iraqi Jews.
BBC News
February 26, 2005
The mission, codenamed Operation Ali Baba, was ordered by the camp's commanding officer Maj Dan Taylor. Maj Taylor told his troops that the looters should be "worked hard", to try to stop them returning to Camp Bread Basket. Prosecutors said the operation was in breach of the Geneva Convention.
BBC News
February 25, 2005
In their defence, the soldiers - all from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - claimed that the abuse stemmed from an unlawful mission which took place at the aid camp to capture and deter looters. The mission, codenamed Operation Ali Baba, was ordered by the camp's commanding officer Maj Dan Taylor.
BBC News
February 25, 2005
Certainly, regardless of the verdicts, questions will be asked about leadership at Camp Bread Basket and how it was that around 70 soldiers took part in an operation to round up looters - dubbed "Operation Ali Baba" - that was itself a breach of the fourth Geneva Convention, governing the treatment ofÃâà...
BBC News
January 29, 2005
A British soldier took photographs of the alleged abuse of Iraqi detainees to show to his mother when he got back to the UK, a court martial has heard. Earlier, Fusilier Gary Bartlam said he was told to be tough on Iraqi looters to show them who was boss. Bartlam, 20, was giving evidence at a hearing inÃâà...
BBC News
January 22, 2005
The stocks at this camp were at risk from the looters and Maj Taylor devised Operation Ali Baba to crack down on the culprits. Joseph Giret, the defence counsel for one of the accused soldiers, Cpl Daniel Kenyon, told the court that under the Ali Baba plan Maj Taylor's troops were ordered to captureÃâà...
BBC News
January 21, 2005
Mr Giret blamed a military plan known as Operation Ali Baba - referring to the story Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves - for the alleged offences. Camp commander Maj Dan Taylor, responsible for Operation Ali Baba, told his troops to catch looters who had been stealing food and "work them hard", the court heard.
Sydney Morning Herald
January 20, 2005
The court was told Major Taylor's plan, codenamed Operation Ali Baba, had been approved by his commanding officer. More than 100 British soldiers were involved in the operation. General Sir Mike Jackson, Britain's Chief of the General Staff, issued a statement on Tuesday condemning any abuse ofÃâà...
