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SAS hero reveals terrorist nearly let off grenade disguised as a hostage in Iranian embassy siege

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An SAS hero of the Iranian Embassy siege has revealed how the raid nearly turned into a bloodbath when a terrorist disguised as a hostage tried to let off an explosive.  Warrant Officer Ian White was one of the 32 commandos who famously stormed the building in London to bring an end to the six … Read more

Go on lads, get in there! How the SAS launched the embassy raid that stunned the world

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Forty years ago this month, on April 30, 1980, the Iranian Embassy on Prince’s Gate in London was stormed by six terrorists bent on gaining autonomy for a region in southern Iran they call Arabistan.  What unfolded was a siege of high drama that transfixed the world, as JONATHAN MAYO revealed in the Mail on … Read more

Julian Assange to use human rights laws to fight US extradition after fathering children at embassy 

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Julian Assange plots to use human rights laws to fight extradition to US after fathering two children while living at Ecuadorian embassy Assange could use human rights laws to fight his extradition to the United States Legal team could use right to family life with Morris and two sons to bolster case  Miss Morris revealed … Read more

Beijing blasts Washington after the US embassy in China called coronavirus the ‘Wuhan virus’

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China’s state media has lashed out at the US embassy in Beijing after it referred to the novel coronavirus as the ‘Wuhan virus’ on heavily censored Chinese social media. The diplomatic mission used the term twice yesterday when it commented on the pandemic in Chinese on Weibo, the country’s equivalent to Twitter, sparking an uproar … Read more

Child-beating parents can’t be prosecuted because the husband works at a London embassy

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Father-of-six who hit his children with chair legs and belts will escape punishment because he has diplomatic immunity… as judge admits he is powerless to protect the youngsters or take them into care Husband and wife will escape punishment because he has diplomatic immunity Father hit children with broken chair legs and dragged his daughter … Read more

Two suicide bombers attack US embassy in Tunisia

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Two suicide bombers attack US embassy in Tunisia: Militants on a motorcycle attempt to storm the consulate in Tunis before blowing themselves up, killing a policeman and wounding others Two attackers detonated device outside consulate in Berges du Lac area Friday One police officer was killed, four others were injured, as well as a civilian … Read more

Five injured as suicide bomber on a motorcycle blows himself up in attack on US Embassy in Tunisia

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Suicide bomber attacks US embassy in Tunisia: Militant on a motorcycle tries to storm consulate in Tunis before blowing himself up injuring five Local media said five police officers were wounded in the vicious attack Friday  US Embassy confirmed the bombing and urged people to avoid the area in Tunis  Scorched motorbike and damaged police … Read more

SAS comrades who took part in 1980 Iranian embassy siege engage in furious spat

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They joined forces in 1980 as members of the masked, black-clad SAS squad that stormed London’s Iranian Embassy in a jaw-dropping display of British courage. The nation watched mesmerised as Rusty Firmin and Robin Horsfall, alongside their fearless Special Forces colleagues, set off explosives, burst through windows and shot dead hostage-holding terrorists in a hail … Read more