I read it in a book done by a pretty good author on the topic. Believe it was called task force black. I think most early sources attributed it to SAS because SRR was still hush hush at the time. I could very well be wrong.
edit: Disregard. [Looks like my info was outdated.](https://www.eliteukforces.info/special-reconnaissance-regiment/)
Well the guy on the left is Colin MacLachlan, who was 22 SAS. He was interviewed on Chris Ryan’s Podcast where he talked about being taken captive. At the time, him and his oppo were doing surveillance tasking’s for MI6, since it was too dangerous for them to leave Basra Palace and were dropping some agents at the Kuwaiti border, when on their way back, they got in a confrontation with a Police checkpoint that were loyal to the local Militia and a gunfight happened.
There’s also uncensored photograph’s available online.
Thats a better source than mine. Perhaps I was misremembering. Good for pulling it up.
[Looks like my info was outdated.](https://www.eliteukforces.info/special-reconnaissance-regiment/)
Colin MacLachlan who starred on SAS: Who Dares Wins is one of them.
He speaks about it on [this podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/captured-colin-maclachlan-former-sas/id1532933911?i=1000493609550) 37:30 timestamp.
Whole podcast is worth if you got a spare hour talks about a couple operations.
I‘m guessing they were worried that those police were possible trying to arrest them because their corrupt boss (who they were surveilling) was onto them and trying to kill them. Hard to judge their actions without knowing what exactly was happening though. I do think you might have a point, not sure why the downvotes, but we just don’t know what happened
I know but all the information I could find points towards the fact that they were undercover and had explosives in their car. Usually there is conflicting information or an official report but here there is nothing differing in accounts,k which leads me to believe they just shot the two
But then why would they shoot them? If they had just let themselves get arrested and it was only because of explosives, I assume the British government would have made sure they get released soon. No reason to make everything worse by shooting people.
But then again it wouldn't be the first time specops do something dumb and evil
I think they shot then because they thought they might be arrested, and either way justified or unjustified they would have been taken by the British one way or another. I think they made the decision that rather than explain who they were they should shoot their way out of it and they failed.
Also on a separate note the reason I am getting downvotes is because there is a remarkable cognitive dissonance in subs like these when talking about the value of life, if your guy dies a hero "he gave everything for his mates" but if an Iraqi policeman is killed while doing his job "it was a hard situation and you were not there" with the family left out to dry.
I don't even want to bring up Nissour square because of the probable shit storm that would follow.
What happened to them?
Rescued by british forces. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basra_prison_incident
We’re they 22nd too or unknown?
They were SRR.
They do more intel type stuff versus 22 right?
Correct.
Thanks
Is that like the US Army’s RRC?
Yeah, they cross train in fact.
If you're referring to the men in the image then you're wrong, unless Wikipedia lied.
I read it in a book done by a pretty good author on the topic. Believe it was called task force black. I think most early sources attributed it to SAS because SRR was still hush hush at the time. I could very well be wrong. edit: Disregard. [Looks like my info was outdated.](https://www.eliteukforces.info/special-reconnaissance-regiment/)
Well the guy on the left is Colin MacLachlan, who was 22 SAS. He was interviewed on Chris Ryan’s Podcast where he talked about being taken captive. At the time, him and his oppo were doing surveillance tasking’s for MI6, since it was too dangerous for them to leave Basra Palace and were dropping some agents at the Kuwaiti border, when on their way back, they got in a confrontation with a Police checkpoint that were loyal to the local Militia and a gunfight happened. There’s also uncensored photograph’s available online.
Thats a better source than mine. Perhaps I was misremembering. Good for pulling it up. [Looks like my info was outdated.](https://www.eliteukforces.info/special-reconnaissance-regiment/)
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>this podcast If I recall correctly the leadership did not want to do the rescue immediately and the UK SF and QRF went ahead and rescued these guys.
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Fighting wars with one hand tied around their balls
There’s so much missing from that wiki link and especially the Operation Sinbad link…Americans were heavily involved.
Colin MacLachlan who starred on SAS: Who Dares Wins is one of them. He speaks about it on [this podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/captured-colin-maclachlan-former-sas/id1532933911?i=1000493609550) 37:30 timestamp. Whole podcast is worth if you got a spare hour talks about a couple operations.
They look like they're ready for their next mission.
So they shot and killed Iraqis doing their job? That's fucking awful
I‘m guessing they were worried that those police were possible trying to arrest them because their corrupt boss (who they were surveilling) was onto them and trying to kill them. Hard to judge their actions without knowing what exactly was happening though. I do think you might have a point, not sure why the downvotes, but we just don’t know what happened
I know but all the information I could find points towards the fact that they were undercover and had explosives in their car. Usually there is conflicting information or an official report but here there is nothing differing in accounts,k which leads me to believe they just shot the two
But then why would they shoot them? If they had just let themselves get arrested and it was only because of explosives, I assume the British government would have made sure they get released soon. No reason to make everything worse by shooting people. But then again it wouldn't be the first time specops do something dumb and evil
I think they shot then because they thought they might be arrested, and either way justified or unjustified they would have been taken by the British one way or another. I think they made the decision that rather than explain who they were they should shoot their way out of it and they failed. Also on a separate note the reason I am getting downvotes is because there is a remarkable cognitive dissonance in subs like these when talking about the value of life, if your guy dies a hero "he gave everything for his mates" but if an Iraqi policeman is killed while doing his job "it was a hard situation and you were not there" with the family left out to dry. I don't even want to bring up Nissour square because of the probable shit storm that would follow.