Lane Sally
Lane Sally - Reasonable Cause To Suspect A Mother's Ordeal To Free Her Son From A Kurdish Prison - Paperback
Lane Sally - Reasonable Cause To Suspect A Mother's Ordeal To Free Her Son From A Kurdish Prison - Paperback
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Description: In a story of deceit betrayal and injustice two parents are tried as terrorists for attempting to rescue their son from a Syrian war zone. On September 2, 2014, Jack Letts an idealistic eighteen - year - old British Canadian phoned his mother saying Mum I m in Syria. Those chilling words from a raging war zone set in train his family's eight - year - long battle to rescue Jack from his disastrous mistake. When an unscrupulous journalist invented the term Jihadi Jack a false image of Jack spread throughout the world. Sally and John Jack's parents faced the mammoth task of persuading a hostile public that their son was the victim of a smear campaign. He should they argued at least be allowed home to face a fair trial to address the claims against him. But the Canadian and British governments had other plans. Jack is currently detained in a Kurdish prison while the Canadian government claims it doesn t know if he is alive or dead. This is his parents story of their painful struggle to persuade the world to save the son they love.
Title: Reasonable Cause To Suspect A Mother's Ordeal To Free Her Son From A Kurdish Prison
Author(s): Lane Sally
Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
Barcode: 9781459750944
Pages: 360 Pages, 10 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 3/7/2023
Category: Terrorism, Armed Struggle
Description: In a story of deceit betrayal and injustice two parents are tried as terrorists for attempting to rescue their son from a Syrian war zone. On September 2, 2014, Jack Letts an idealistic eighteen - year - old British Canadian phoned his mother saying Mum I m in Syria. Those chilling words from a raging war zone set in train his family's eight - year - long battle to rescue Jack from his disastrous mistake. When an unscrupulous journalist invented the term Jihadi Jack a false image of Jack spread throughout the world. Sally and John Jack's parents faced the mammoth task of persuading a hostile public that their son was the victim of a smear campaign. He should they argued at least be allowed home to face a fair trial to address the claims against him. But the Canadian and British governments had other plans. Jack is currently detained in a Kurdish prison while the Canadian government claims it doesn t know if he is alive or dead. This is his parents story of their painful struggle to persuade the world to save the son they love.
Title: Reasonable Cause To Suspect A Mother's Ordeal To Free Her Son From A Kurdish Prison
Author(s): Lane Sally
Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
Barcode: 9781459750944
Pages: 360 Pages, 10 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 3/7/2023
Category: Terrorism, Armed Struggle
