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How the British SAS Ended the Iranian Embassy Siege in 17 Minutes

On May 5, 1980, the world watched as Britain's elite SAS stormed the Iranian Embassy in London. In just 17 minutes, they executed one of the most daring hostage rescue operations in modern history, ...
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British SAS (World War II)

Special Forces unit: British SAS, World War Two The Special Air Service was formed by David Stirling in 1941. Its purpose was to act as a desert raiding airborne force unit that would secretly fight ...