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Seizure of H-2 and H-3 Air Bases, 18 and 25 March 2003, after infiltrating Iraq at full strength, a combined force consisting of B and D squadron of British Special Air Service and 1 squadron of Australian Special Air Service Regiment set up observation posts around H-2 and H-3 air base and called in airstrikes that defeated the Iraqi defenders ...
The operation was carried out by members of a regimental task group, made up of a tactical HQ, members of A Squadron (A Sqn) and G Squadron (G Sqn) of the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment (22 SAS), supported by United States (US) forces, on an al-Qaeda-linked opium plant during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan at the start of Operation ...
Operation Burnham became the subject of the investigative journalists Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson's book Hit & Run: The New Zealand SAS in Afghanistan and the meaning of honour, which alleged that New Zealand forces had committed war crimes against civilians in the Naik and Khak Khudday Dad villages. [1] [2] [3]
A Panorama investigation reportedly uncovered 54 suspicious killings carried out by one British SAS unit on a six-month tour. SAS unit ‘killed detainees and unarmed men in Afghanistan’ Skip to ...
During the period of Operation Jacana, a large proportion of the SAS contingent in Afghanistan fell victim to illness that affected hundreds of other British troops at Bagram Airfield, many had to be quarantined. [133] For his conduct whilst leading the SAS in Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002, Lieutenant Colonel Ed Butler was awarded the DSO. [134]
The first action of the offensive occurred in late April, when Lieutenant Marco Kroon led a platoon consisting of twenty-nine Dutch Commando Corps (KCT) soldiers from "Task Force Viper", alongside twenty-nine Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) soldiers, into the village of Surk Murgab (15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Tarin Kowt).
An ADF report says Australian SAS and US forces were abandoned by Dutch allies during the battle in Afghanistan. A former Australian SAS sniper named Rob Maylor, wounded during the battle, said the Australians had pleaded with the Dutch saying: "We're in an absolute doozy of a shitfight. We need your assistance as we're taking casualties".
The first phase of the Australian Defence Force's operation in Afghanistan Operation Snipe: 2 May 2002: 13 May 2002: The remote Afghan mountains: A British Royal Marine search and clear operation over a significant area believed to be used as a base by al-Qaeda and Taliban forces Operation Sond Chara (Red Dagger) 11 December 2008: 26 December 2008