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A Churchill myth
Winston Churchill, Parliament Square, London © Sue Lowry & Magellan PR
January 1, 1970
Did Churchill advocate the use of tear gas against ‘uncivilized tribes’ in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq), which would ‘cause great inconvenience … and yet would leave no serious permanent effect’?
For more on this and other leading Churchill myths, see Churchill Myths in Finest Hour 160.
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