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2. Operation Trent - Wikipedia

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   After political intersession with Prime minister Tony Blair, the SAS were given a direct-action task – the destruction of an al-Qaeda-linked opium processing plant.The facility was located 190 mi (300 km) southwest of Kandahar at the foot of the 5,900 ft (1,800 m) Koh-I-Malik mountain, 12 mi (20 km) north of the Pakistan border, the facility was made up of a system of houses, compounds and ...

3. Special Air Service - Wikipedia

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   The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army.It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling, and in 1950 it was reconstituted as a corps. [5]

4. 23 Special Air Service Regiment (Reserve) - Wikipedia

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   Three SAS reservists were awarded military crosses, and one won a Conspicuous Gallantry Cross in Afghanistan. [21] [22] On 1 September 2014, 21 and 23 SAS were moved from United Kingdom Special Forces and placed under the command of 1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade.

5. History of the Special Air Service - Wikipedia

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   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. [132] For his conduct whilst leading the SAS in Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002, Lieutenant Colonel Ed Butler was awarded the DSO. [133]

6. SAS unit ‘killed detainees and unarmed men in Afghanistan’

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   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 ...

7. List of SAS operations - Wikipedia

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   The SAS were tasked with assaulting 2 of the dwellings whilst Delta Force assaulted another 2 dwellings; both of Delta's and one of the SAS's target buildings were cleared without incident, but as the SAS assaulted their final dwelling the assault team were wounded by a hail of fire and an RPG-7 rocket, they returned fire and withdrew from the ...