Letter: Your say - IT'S a disgrace that SAS soldiers.(Letters)

Sunday Mirror (London, England);  September 28, 2008 ;     98 words ...Byline: David Jeffs IT'S a disgrace that SAS soldiers who are wounded while fighting on the frontline in Iraq...your life in the first place, so at the very least our SAS soldiers should be allowed to keep hold of that small crumb of...

Fed: Army launches probe into Timor torture allegations

AAP General News (Australia);  November 1, 2000 ;     221 words ......launched in mid-September following reports SAS soldiers mistreated militia suspects and also...operation last year and still does. SAS soldiers were the first forces to land, securing...troops early on September 20 last year. SAS soldiers were involved in at least three shooting...

Fed: Vale rules out study into SAS soldiers' health

AAP General News (Australia);  June 24, 2002 ;     185 words ......0000 Fed: Vale rules out study into SAS soldiers' health CANBERRA, June 24 AAP - The...into the health of Australia's elite SAS soldiers, some of whom claim their years of service...conduct a health study. Eleven former SAS soldiers reportedly spent $80,000 to undergo...

Britain's Special Air Service face enormous difficulties operating in...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  November 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ......that a handful of specially trained SAS soldiers could go behind enemy lines in Afghanistan...former military men but from former SAS soldiers with extensive experience inside Afghanistan...are only between 500 and 1,000 active SAS soldiers, with a number of support personnel...

WHO DARES SINS; SAS soldiers in huge pub brawl with ex-comrades over...

The Mirror (London, England);  August 17, 2002 ;     486 words ......WILLIAMS A VICIOUS pub brawl involving SAS soldiers and ex-comrades erupted after the ongoing...Sgt Vince Phillips. He was one of the SAS soldiers who died on the 1991 Bravo Two Zero...the subject of McNab and Ryan's books. SAS soldiers must now sign a confidentiality contract...

Fed: US Army officer praises SAS troops for roles in Middle East

AAP General News (Australia);  April 25, 2004 ;     491 words ......General Frank Hagenbeck came as some SAS soldiers spoke publicly for the first time about...2002, described how instrumental the SAS soldiers were during a battle in a valley south...made it happen that day." One of the SAS soldiers who took part in the battle, known as...

Fed: SAS soldiers help villagers dispose of bomb problem

AAP General News (Australia);  November 28, 2002 ;     144 words ...00-00-0000 Fed: SAS soldiers help villagers dispose of bomb problem Australian special forces...was gradually moving down the slope. Brigadier HANNAN says the SAS soldiers arranged for an American explosives disposal team to visit and...

Fed: SAS soldiers gather to remember fallen comrades

AAP General News (Australia);  April 25, 2002 ;     158 words ...00-00-0000 Fed: SAS soldiers gather to remember fallen comrades Australia's elite SAS troops...special Anzac service to honour fallen comrades. The names of SAS soldiers who have died on duty over the last 40 years were read out, ending...

SAS soldiers killed as Puma crashes on raid to target Iraq bombers

Evening Standard - London;  November 21, 2007 ;     535 words ...TWO SAS soldiers have been killed in Iraq during a mission to target suspected suicide...died after their RAF Puma helicopter crashed near Baghdad. Two other SAS soldiers were seriously injured in the crash; the RAF crew is thought to have...

Two SAS soldiers die in Kenya

The Independent - London;  September 1, 2000 ;     43 words ...TWO SAS soldiers were killed and several injured when their vehicle skidded on oil about 30 miles east of Nairobi, Kenya, on the way to a training exercise. Bombadier Adrian Powell, 30, of Cardiff, and Sergeant Martin Halls, 34, of Hereford, died when their vehicle overturned.

Dead SAS soldiers are named

Evening Standard - London;  July 29, 2008 ;     381 words ...THE names of three SAS soldiers killed in Iraq have been revealed today after a blanket identity...was awesome." The crash is the subject of an inquiry. Two other SAS soldiers who have remained anonymous since their deaths in Iraq were expected...

SAS unit shooting challenge 'too late'.(News)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  November 25, 2004 ;     170 words ...A DECISION not to prosecute three SAS soldiers who shot dead two men in Londonderry 20 years ago was upheld...duty UDR soldier. A total of 59 shots were fired by the SAS soldiers and the jury at Mr Doherty's inquest said: ''We find that...

SAS V GURKHAS; Top units in drunken brawl after boy is fatally...

The Mirror (London, England);  May 24, 2001 ;     245 words ...Byline: TOM NEWTON DUNN and ALISTAIR McQUEEN A DOZEN SAS soldiers face the boot from the elite regiment after a drunken punch-...against the Gurkhas, who are normally very good natured. SAS soldiers found to have been involved could be forced to return to...

WA: SAS soldiers relaxed about pay blunder: Fitzgibbon

AAP General News (Australia);  October 27, 2008 ;     259 words ...WA: SAS soldiers relaxed about pay blunder: Fitzgibbon PERTH, Oct 27 AAP - Soldiers...committee was told last week some special forces soldiers, including SAS soldiers, had been slugged $30,000 for overpaid allowances. Many of them had...

Troops silenced over war crime

Sunday Star-Times;  November 2, 2003 ;     591 words ......after kicking corpse in front of Kiwi SAS soldiers -------------------- david.fisher@star-times.co.nz KIWI SAS soldiers witnessed an Australian soldier kicking...on October 6, 1999. Two Australian SAS soldiers were seriously wounded and two militia...