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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 ...
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British SAS soldier who died in Syria was killed by friendly ‘accidental detonation,’ not IED like Pentagon initially claimed
A member of the British Army's elite Special Air Service who died alongside a U.S. special operator during a counter-ISIS operation in Syria last year was killed by "the accidental detonation of ...
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Closure of SAS investigation was premature, inquiry told
Regular British troops were supported by special forces in the province during the conflict. The closure of a military police investigation into suspected war crimes by the SAS was "inappropriate ...