He describes fighting his way through a checkpoint. McNab had tried to get to Syria by hijacking a taxi. Four, including McNab, were captured and tortured by the Iraqis. Two men died of exposure, and one was killed in a firefight. Asher also points out that the patrol members' accounts of the action diverge radically.
However, where the SAS men claim there was a vicious firefight with Iraqi troops, Asher, having interviewed Bedouin tribesmen who remember the events, says the patrol was merely challenged by a small group of lightly armed locals. Within 48 hours McNab's men were spotted by a shepherd boy. Asher says they walked, with 200lb loads, only a few hundred yards. McNab says the team marched through the night to an observation post near a key road. Faulty intelligence meant the eight-man patrol was dropped in the middle of 3,000 Iraqi troops. Quote The Bravo Two Zero patrol was one of several SAS teams sent deep into Iraq on 22 January 1991 to target Scud missile launchers. Here is a brief of the story from a Guardian article:
2) it would be of little gain to the Iraqi. The second alternative is unlikely since 1) it would require a big effort. Besides, the story fits very well with both Ryan's and McNab's versions and can point out the inconsitencies very well. He got fooled by a Iraqi propaganda ployįor the first one I can't see the point of doing that. Now as for the question if it is true: Well I admit that it is a bit incredible that he managed to track down all those witnesses. For those who havn't read it: it displays a completely different picture of what really happened. I think it tells the story much closer to the truth then the other two books.
Suddenly many things fall into their places. Last saturday I was waiting on the train station and had nothing to do (missed my train) so I went into the bookshop and bought this book "The Real Bravo Two Zero" by Michael Asher. Also Ryan does a nasty thing: he blames the whole failure on one of his team mates that died during that operation. I then read Chris Ryan's book and it was a tad better but still not quite believable. These men were supposed to be experienced SAS soldiers, not Rambo wannabies. Hell, everybody in the platoon had a copy it was almost like a bible.Ī couple of years later I read again, and I couldn't believe that I liked Bravo Two Zero. When I first started my military service I read the McNab books. Heh, funny thing: I just read it two days ago and was going to post a topic about it
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