11:30, 30th April 1980, London, England
A six-man group of terrorists known as the 'Democratic Revolutionary Movement for the Liberation of Arabistan', take control of the Iranian Embassy in Great Britain, taking twenty-six men and women hostage. Their motives soon become apparent, they have two demands: The release of ninety-one of their comrades, being held by the Iranian government for alleged political crimes, and for the autonomy of an oil-rich region in southern Iran known as Khuzestan.
After five tense days of negotiation, between the terrorists and police negotiators, things appeared to be going well and five of the initial twenty-six hostages had been released. However volatile relationships inside the embassy deteriorated which led to the execution of the first hostage 'Abbas Lavasani'. Six hours later his body was thrown onto the street.
The knowledge of the execution prompted the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher to go ahead with the SAS assault. The SAS who had been on standby since the incident begun received their final briefing, and it is widely thought that Thatcher herself gave the SAS direct, and later on, controversial orders as to leave no terrorist alive. At 19:23 on May 5, four teams, dressed in black armed with MP5's and flashbangs begun Operation Nimrod.
Eleven minutes later, it was all over. The SAS escorted all but one of the remaining hostages outside alive, and eliminated all but one of the terrorists. Fowzi Nejad remains in prison to this day.
OK, I tell you this because I just watched a fascinating BBC documentary accounting these incredible events, and wanted to share it with BF2s. It would be six years before I was born so I was very sketchy regarding the Embassy siege, but the documentary really brought home what an awesome job these guys did all those years ago. Sure there were controversies which the documentary covers, but after watching, these guys have my full support, and more to the point my utmost respect.
I know, at about an hour and 20 minutes it's long, but I urge you to find the time to watch the whole thing, and if not start from Part 13 where the 'action' begins.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8
Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14 Part 15 Part 16 Part 17
A six-man group of terrorists known as the 'Democratic Revolutionary Movement for the Liberation of Arabistan', take control of the Iranian Embassy in Great Britain, taking twenty-six men and women hostage. Their motives soon become apparent, they have two demands: The release of ninety-one of their comrades, being held by the Iranian government for alleged political crimes, and for the autonomy of an oil-rich region in southern Iran known as Khuzestan.
After five tense days of negotiation, between the terrorists and police negotiators, things appeared to be going well and five of the initial twenty-six hostages had been released. However volatile relationships inside the embassy deteriorated which led to the execution of the first hostage 'Abbas Lavasani'. Six hours later his body was thrown onto the street.
The knowledge of the execution prompted the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher to go ahead with the SAS assault. The SAS who had been on standby since the incident begun received their final briefing, and it is widely thought that Thatcher herself gave the SAS direct, and later on, controversial orders as to leave no terrorist alive. At 19:23 on May 5, four teams, dressed in black armed with MP5's and flashbangs begun Operation Nimrod.
Eleven minutes later, it was all over. The SAS escorted all but one of the remaining hostages outside alive, and eliminated all but one of the terrorists. Fowzi Nejad remains in prison to this day.
OK, I tell you this because I just watched a fascinating BBC documentary accounting these incredible events, and wanted to share it with BF2s. It would be six years before I was born so I was very sketchy regarding the Embassy siege, but the documentary really brought home what an awesome job these guys did all those years ago. Sure there were controversies which the documentary covers, but after watching, these guys have my full support, and more to the point my utmost respect.
I know, at about an hour and 20 minutes it's long, but I urge you to find the time to watch the whole thing, and if not start from Part 13 where the 'action' begins.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8
Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14 Part 15 Part 16 Part 17
Last edited by KILLSWITCH (2008-02-05 13:06:00)
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.