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Originally Posted by gary_bath_jr

Bravo 2-Zero is a really good book which was also made into a movie (Sean Bean plays the lead) it is based on real events involving an SAS squad from Austrailia, I thought it was a good read.

Umm? Err? 22 SAS is the British Special Air Service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bravo_Two_Zero. There was a Kiwi and a former Australian Commando in the squad, but it was a British mission. The Australians, New Zealanders, and used to be Rhodesians are brothers-in-arms under the SAS tent, but not the same as Two Two.

Bravo Two Zero has been repudiated by many knowledgible SAS writers. Perhaps the best challenge to its truthfullness is, 'The Real Bravo Two Zero' written by an SAS man who is also an Arabist. Apparently Andy McNab is now persona non grata at SAS functions for stretching the truth at his debrief.