For the survivors, however, the worst ordeals were to come. In the desperate action that followed, though stricken by hypothermia and other injuries, the patrol 'went ballistic'.
After a fierce fire fight, they were forced to escape and evade on foot to the Syrian border. Within days, their location was compromised. Their call sign: BRAVO TWO ZERO.Įach man laden with 15 stone of equipment, they patrolled 20km across flat desert to reach their objective.
Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they were to sever the underground communication link between Baghdad and north-west Iraq, and to seek and destroy mobile Scud launchers. In January 1991, eight members of the SAS regiment embarked upon a top secret mission that was to infiltrate them deep behind enemy lines.
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