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Lt Gen Sir [[Graeme Lamb]] is a retired British Army officer who served as the commander of the SAS and Commander Field Army, and also held senior military positions in the Western campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. | Lt Gen Sir [[Graeme Lamb]] is a retired British Army officer who served as the commander of the SAS and Commander Field Army, and also held senior military positions in the Western campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. | ||
| − | Since retiring from the army Lamb has held several private sector roles, notably as | + | Since retiring from the army Lamb has held several private sector roles, notably as an advisor to [[G3]]. |
==Iraq== | ==Iraq== | ||
Revision as of 07:15, 22 December 2017
Lt Gen Sir Graeme Lamb is a retired British Army officer who served as the commander of the SAS and Commander Field Army, and also held senior military positions in the Western campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Since retiring from the army Lamb has held several private sector roles, notably as an advisor to G3.
Iraq
Lamb was General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South-East, in Iraq July 2003 – December 2003, and Senior British Military Adviser to Iraq, September 2006 – July 2007.[1]
Bahrain
Lamb is an adviser to G3, which was hired by the Bahrain government's Information Affairs Authority in July 2011, according to official tender documents, for a sum of £1.5 million (US$ 2,370,000). G3 was tasked with developing a "media campaign to support Bahrain's position in the international community". [2]
Affiliations
- G3 - acts as a 'special adviser'
Articles published
- Times of London: Don't Lump Bahrain In With Libya and Syria, Aug 15, 2011
- Guardian: Why narrowly cast the push for democracy as the 'Arab spring'?, Feb 22, 2012
- Bahrain News Agency: Former British General praises reforms, efforts, Feb 23, 2012
- Gulf Daily News: Bahrain has every right to be respected, Feb 23, 2012
- Gulf Daily News: A 'little gem of a country', Feb 23, 2012
- Gulf Daily News: Listen to the silent majority!, Feb 23, 2012
External Resources
- Bill Kincaid, The RDS Military Interview: Lieutenant General Graeme Lamb, RUSI, 11 August 2008.
- Oral Evidence, Iraq Inquiry, 9 December 2009.
- Richard Norton-Taylor, Profile: Graeme Lamb, the soldier who has the ear of American commanders, The Guardian, 10 March 2010.
- Andrew Gilligan, Graeme Lamb: British general's company paid to support Bahrain dictatorship, Telegraph, 11 March 2012.
- Campaign Against the Arms Trade, Graeme Lamb Meetings, Political Influence Database
Notes
- ↑ New witnesses named, Iraq Inquiry, accessed 30 November 2009.
- ↑ Bahrain Watch, G3: Relationship with Bahrain Government
