The 1982 conflict hasn´t nothing to do in this topic.
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I will no talk about falklands here.
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No talk about the 1982 war.
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I said no more replies,go back on topic
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excuse me,PzKpfw VI Tiger,do you have a link about the delta force?.
thanks
thanks bud! 
Oops sorry Erwin my misspell was due to a long and difficult day.
Walther I mentioned this topic re Lufthansa/Mogadishu to a former oppo who has similar recolletions of the action,the assault German team called to action from the UK accompanied by SAS trainers to supply ordenance support (stun grenades) but opted to take an active role. The report on awards was from a dodgy tabloid so may lack credibility.
The German Prime Minister thanked the British Prime Minister ( Jim Callagan) for SAS input at press call during an official visit around the same time. If it was not GSG9 who was it?
We also remember a similar incident in either India or Pakistan not long after. This assault used the same tactics but went tit’s up anyone have any info on the incident and SF team involved.
Glad to see things have calmed down a bit, that was like an inch away from being disaster!
Anyway, can someone list the major conflicts that the SAS have been in recently? I went to a bookstore and they where selling this book about the SAS who went in somewhere in Africa (central), fairly recently I believe. I do not remember the name but it looked very interesting. Any clues?
SAM, I think the incident you’re referring to was in Sierra Leone, in 2000.
As I recall it (I don’t have time to google it this morning), a patrol of some dozen British Troops under the UN banner had been taken hostage by a gang of thugs calling themselves the West Side Boys.
Five of the hostages were released in exchange for supplies, but the remainder were believed to be in considerable danger from the rebel group.
SAS went in with Parachute Regiment support, and after a heavy firefight all hostages were rescued, and the gang leader and several other rebels captured.
One SAS Trooper was killed, and there was one seriously injured.
My apologies if there are any inaccuracies in the above, since I’m posting from memory.
SAM, I think the incident you’re referring to was in Sierra Leone, in 2000.
As I recall it (I don’t have time to google it this morning), a patrol of some dozen British Troops under the UN banner had been taken hostage by a gang of thugs calling themselves the West Side Boys.
Five of the hostages were released in exchange for supplies, but the remainder were believed to be in considerable danger from the rebel group.
SAS went in with Parachute Regiment support, and after a heavy firefight all hostages were rescued, and the gang leader and several other rebels captured.
One SAS Trooper was killed, and there was one seriously injured.
My apologies if there are any inaccuracies in the above, since I’m posting from memory.[/quote]
Ah yes! that is it! Thanks allot reiver! Thanks to Reiver I believe I have found the book-> Operation Barras: The Sas Rescue Mission to Sierra Leone 2000 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0304366994/qid=1120022666/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-8330047-0707101?v=glance&s=books
no problem man! 
This is a subject that is open to a lot of media speculation. If anything happens anywhere then the media proclaim that the SAS are involved but as the government does not talk about it, it is mostly tabloid hype. According to the media the amount of operation they have been involved in they would require several hundred troopers.
A good book to give you a flavour as to why they are so good is “Once a Pilgrim”. Again about Sierra Leone and the authors activities as a mercenary.
Same about the KSK of the Bundeswehr. Virtually the only real fact that is known about them is that they are based in Hammelburg. Apparently at least some of THEM are currently active in Afghanistan.
Jan
It’s hard to gauge the effectivness of special forces as so much of the info on their work is restricted and press reports tend to be dubious and over blown.
Back in the eighties we had an exercise called Brave Defender, SAS and SBS where detailed to represent Speznatz, the team tasked with sabotaging Seaforth Docks in Liverpool had their collars felt by the dock Police while cutting the perimiter fence, one of the dockers , a former Bootie had spotted them scouting thier insertion point the previous morning and tipped off the Dock Police to look out for a group of men in ill fitting leather jackets, white trainers and porno star moustaches.
On the upside though I have heard that the UK press reports on the action at Tora Bora did not begin to tell the real story.
As I understand it they were not invited to attend and the media made it all up.
I think we should add to the poll “Other units”.
An good introduction for other units would be:
http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Default.html
sas by far.
u forgot spetnaz (ruski). and french foreign legion 
also to the ppl that voted seals. i dont think u know how badly they f-ed up some missions. i dont think they are as good as they are made out to be.
edit - also israeli spec. forces is forgoten (forgot name) but they are good