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 The One That Got Away - Chris Ryan
Description: ISBN 0099460157 / Author: Chris Ryan / Genre: Biography Newest Review: ... patrol whose comms were down. Saddam had let children off school to help in the search. The patrol, dressed lightly, faced ... more  ... the worst weather in Iraq for 30 years, wadis which had been dry for 30 years were now full. The patrol, after a huge firefight with a much larger force which they held back, became split into 2 groups of 3 and 5, who both headed for the Syrian border, 170km away. In the end 3 men died of hypothermia (one of these has been criticised as a huge cover up by ex-SAS members who claim he was captured and killed by American friendly fire, he was part of the group of 3 with Ryan), 4 were captured within a few miles of the bord...more |
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The One That Got Away: My SAS Mission Behind Iraqi Lines (Memorie
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The One That Got Away - Chris Ryan: Possibly the greatest ever escape (373 words)
by Pamsy - written on 12/11/00 (Very useful, 163 readings)
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This book, like Bravo Two Zero (by Andy Mcnab), tells the true story of an SAS patrol behind enemy lines in Iraq, the Gulf War. This 8 man foot patrol was tasked with the search and destroy of Iraqi mobile Scud missile launchers, and the sabotage of vital communication lines. Weighed down with 15 st each they patrolled 20 km to their objective from their helicopter insertion where they were compromised the next day. Soon much of the country were hunting down this doomed 8 man patrol whose comms were down. Saddam had let children off school to help in the search. The patrol, dressed lightly, faced the worst weather in Iraq for 30 years, wadis which had been dry ...
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