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Soldier C: Secret War in Arabia

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by Shaun Clarke


  The retreating adoo lost at least forty men – perhaps thirty dead, and ten wounded and taken prisoner – as well as the last of their prestige. The battle begun with Operation Jaguar was completed with the Battle for Mirbat, which became a turning-point in the war, ultimately leading to defeat for the adoo.

  The ‘secret’ war in Oman remained secret for many years, but that night in July 1972, in the Paludrine Club, the survivors of the campaign, including Ricketts, Gumboot, Jock, Andrew and Sergeant Lampton, were able to toast their lost friends with a great deal of pride.

  They did not discuss the dead, or those who had failed to ‘beat the clock’, but engaged in their traditional, good-natured bullshit before making their way back to their bashas.

  ‘Where are we going next?’ Gumboot asked as they entered the dark, silent spider.

  ‘Belfast,’ Lampton replied briskly. ‘Have pleasant dreams, lads.’

  The men groaned melodramatically, then crept off to the spider, and their beds.

  Discover other books in the SAS Series

  Discover other books in the SAS Series published by Bloomsbury at

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  Soldier A: Behind Iraqi Lines

  Soldier B: Heroes of the South Atlantic

  Soldier C: Secret War in Arabia

  Soldier D: The Colombian Cocaine War

  Soldier E: Sniper Fire in Belfast

  Soldier F: Guerillas in the Jungle

  Soldier G: The Desert Raiders

  Soldier H: The Headhunters of Borneo

  Soldier J: Counter Insurgency in Aden

  Soldier K: Mission to Argentina

  Soldier L: The Embassy Siege

  Soldier M: Invisible Enemy in Kazakhstan

  Soldier N: Gambian Bluff

  Soldier O: The Bosnian Inferno

  Soldier P: Night Fighters in France

  Soldier Q: Kidnap the Emperor!

  Soldier R: Death on Gibraltar

  Soldier S: The Samarkand Hijack

  Soldier T: War on the Streets

  Soldier U: Bandit Country

  Soldier V: Into Vietnam

  Soldier W: Guatemala – Journey Into Evil

  Soldier X: Operation Takeaway

  Soldier Y: Days of the Dead

  Soldier Z: For King and Country

  This electronic edition published in 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

  First published in Great Britain 1993 by Bloomsbury Publishing

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  eISBN: 9781408841532

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