The secret role of the SAS in Iraq is revealed for the first time today by the Daily Mail.
As the first part of our adaptation of an explosive new book by BBC reporter Mark Urban shows, the SAS – sent to find non-existent WMDs – instead took inspiration from U.S. secret forces and set about tracking down Al Qaeda.
Their secret war sparked a furious row between Whitehall and the SAS’s commander – but their extraordinary bravery and daring resulted in the capture or death of almost 4,000 terrorists.
‘The SAS was tasked with what it called ‘man-hunting’ – finding and arresting the leading members of the toppled regime who had gone into hiding’