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Old Jun 19, 2019 | 9:40 am
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Originally Posted by krispy84
It would be monumentally stupid of BA to explicitly reference the FCO if it was nothing other than an EC261 get-out ruse. I don’t share your overweening cynicism.
In addition to the Drone/Yemen issue the issue of the accusations against MBS vis-a-vis Kashoggi and the allegations from the Guardian may also have factored in.
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