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Kidnapped by the Junta.

Kidnapped by the Junta.

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Julian Manyon experienced the start of the Falklands war from enemy territory.

He’d been despatched to Argentina to report on the military dictatorship that had invaded a British overseas territory.

First the regime kidnapped him at gunpoint – but hours later he was being treated as an honoured guest...

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Kidnapped by the Junta.

Released:

Julian Manyon experienced the start of the Falklands war from enemy territory.

He’d been despatched to Argentina to report on the military dictatorship that had invaded a British overseas territory.

First the regime kidnapped him at gunpoint – but hours later he was being treated as an honoured guest...

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