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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
The hostage with a hidden pistol. The terrorist toying with a grenade pin. The SAS who thought it was a wind-up. And Mr Nibbles, the hamster at the heart of it all. Forty years on, a gripping account of the Iranian embassy siege — minute by nerve-shredding minute … Day one: Wednesday, April 30, 1980 … Read more
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