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2003-04-29 Syria-Lebanon

Two SBS survive ambush, desert trek and Syria jail

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Posted by Bulldog 2003-04-29 03:24 am|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Seems a hoax....the land rovers are usually operated by the SAS and not the SBS, who are confined to primarily maritime ops.

Also just too similar to Bravo 20.

Posted by Rajit 2003-04-29 07:24:47|| 2003-04-29 07:24:47|| Front Page Top

#2 That's an amazing story,ask anybody from the American S.W.Desert how dangerous it is.
We have illegal aliens that cross the Az/Mex border all the time,most are from the deserts of N.Mexico and are all to familar with the hazards of crossing the desert and many die crossing these same deserts.

Posted by raptor 2003-04-29 07:36:33|| 2003-04-29 07:36:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Rajit, what do you expect the SBS to use in the desert - rubber dinghies?! The evidence which is available supports this story.

Posted by Bulldog 2003-04-29 07:44:36|| 2003-04-29 07:44:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Not so, Rajit. SBS does a lot, it's even more secretive than the SAS. Below is from BBC:
The Special Boat Service is a sister force to the more widely known Special Air Service, the SAS. Members of the Royal Marines are chosen to join the elite band of SBS members only after a gruelling physical and mental selection process.
The focus of their operations tends to be from the sea but they also operate inland and were deployed in Afghanistan last year.
The USMC is a maritime force as well, I seem to have seen them quite a ways inland lately.

Posted by Steve 2003-04-29 08:15:45|| 2003-04-29 08:15:45|| Front Page Top

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