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  • SAS heroes who dared and won

    11/27/2002 4:14:51 PM PST · by knighthawk · 3 replies · 432+ views
    Daily Telegraph ^ | November 28 2002 | IAN McPHEDRAN
    SAS soldier Martin "Jock" Wallace thought he would die when he was dropped into the jaws of an enemy ambush in the dusty Shahi Kot valley in eastern Afghanistan. Now, for the first time, a member of the Special Air Service Regiment has been allowed to go public with his story about the operation that almost killed him. On March 2 this year, Wallace, an SAS comrade and 80 US Rangers fought for their lives, honouring the regimental motto: Who Dares Wins. Allied intelligence failed to predict the presence of up to 1000 heavily armed al-Qaeda fighters in the ridges...