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In the concluding part of our compelling series from Andy McNabs Gulf War memoir Bravo Two Zero, the remains of his SAS unit are cruelly taunted by their guards — and learn the fate of their missing comrades... Handcuffed and blindfolded, I was driven out of Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. It was gorgeous weather. I could hear the birds singing. But as so often during my captivity in Iraq, I was full of dread. Do you know where youre going now, Andy? the driver asked as we set off. Were taking ...

To mark the anniversary, we are printing extracts from the worldwide bestseller.  Yesterday, McNab related how he was captured after being separated from the rest of his unit just short of reaching the safety of the Syrian border.  In the third part of our compelling series, he finds himself helpless in the hands of Iraqi troops...  The Iraqi squaddies hauled me out and dragged me on my back through some gates and into a courtyard. I remained passive.  If you do the hard-man routine, stick...

SAS: RED NOTICE Interview: Andy Serkis Talks Working With Andy McNab, Scene-Stealing Lines, And More When we caught up with the legendary Andy Serkis to discuss his role in SAS: Red Notice, he talked in detail about taking inspiration from Andy McNab, some key moments and scenes, and his future plans... JoshWilding | 3/16/2021 Set for release from Vertical Entertainment on March 16th, it follows Tom Buckingham, a suspended special forces operator, who is taking Dr. Sophie Hart from Londo...

Sam Heughan has long been touted as a possible 007 and his new role shows he has the action chops. He talks to Laura Harding.

To mark the 30 year anniversary of Bravo Two Zero, the Mail is printing gripping extracts. It is the account of the SASs most ill-fated missions during the first Gulf War.

In 1991 during the Gulf War, an SAS unit of eight men led by Andy McNab was dropped into Iraq on a dangerous covert mission.  Within days the men were compromised and pursued across the desert — three of their number died and one escaped. The remaining four were captured. Bravo Two Zero, McNabs book about their ordeal, which gripped readers around the world, has sold six million copies and has never been out of print.  Here, to mark the 30th anniversary of its publication, we present the fi...

SAS: Red Notice: release date for film starring Sam Heughan, cast - and the Andy McNab book its based on Jenna Macfarlane © Sam Heughan plays Special Forces operative Tom Buckingham alongside Ruby Rose (Picture: Sky Cinema) Scottish actor Sam Heughan’s new movie SAS: Red Notice drops today (12 March) to the delight of his fans. The hostage thriller, which is based on the book by Andy McNab, sees Heughan take on mercenaries threatening to blow up the channel tunnel. It follow...

Remember the Scud. Heres What You Need to Know: The failure to destroy the launchers highlights how easy it can be to overestimate damage inflicted upon an enemy, and how difficult it is to hunt down an opponent intent on using hit-and-run tactics. Today, North Korea maintains a far larger arsenal of mobile ballistic missile launchers than Iraq ever did—weapons which could likely survive the opening days of a conflict. While assembling the coalition that would eject Iraqi forces from Kuwait ...

» Inside the covert mission that sent Delta Force and British SAS deep behind Iraqi lines in search of Saddams missiles Inside the covert mission that sent Delta Force and British SAS deep behind Iraqi lines in search of Saddams missiles Stavros AtlamazoglouFeb 12, 2021, 19:53 IST Iraqis drive by a mural depicting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein looking at launched Scud missiles, in Thar Thar City in northern Iraq, April 28, 1999.KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images In January and February 1991, hu...

Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer in Heat Credit: Alamy It’s a long way from behind enemy lines in Iraq to Hollywood pool parties but that’s the journey made by veteran SAS sergeant Steven Mitchell - better known by his pseudonym Andy McNab. And it was all thanks to Robert De Niro reading his book while bored on a film set. “De Niro read Bravo Two Zero while he was shooting something in Australia and said to [Heat director] Michael Mann: ‘Can we see if this guy wants to come over? He seems ...