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Margaret Thatcher Operation Nimrod Sas

Shortly afterwards sas soldiers abseiled from the roof of the building and forced entry through the windows.

Margaret thatcher operation nimrod sas. Irans new islamic ruler ayatollah khomeini. Operation nimrod involved the building being stormed from all sides including the roof shooting dead all but one of the terrorists. The government and the public can appreciate highly successful missions like operation nimrod precisely because they display incredible courage and skill for the greatest of reasons.

At the time of the raid on the iranian embassy siege there was much disturbance in the middle east with the irainian ayatollahs the united states and united kingdom as each others throats. Operation nimrod ended a six day siege by members of a radical iran arab group but also left the magnificent south kensington building in ruins. On may 5th after six days and the murder of a hostage the british prime minister margaret thatcher ordered british military special forces into action.

One team of soldiers would abseil down from the roof and enter the embassy through third floor windows. The special air service sas successfully stormed the embassy in what was known as operation nimrod. As a result the government ordered the special air service sas a special forces regiment of the british army to conduct an assault known as operation nimrod to rescue the remaining hostages.

The siege ended after sas soldiers stormed the embassy. Prime minister margaret thatcher determined to be seen as tough on terrorists gave the rescue mission her official green light. After negotiations had become bogged down the sas stormed the building and killed drfla leader oan ali mohammed along with all but one of the other militants with no casualties to themselves.

The background to operation nimrod. Sas men involved in the operation code named nimrod speak for the first time about the siege in a bbc 2 programme to be broadcast tomorrow. Infamous pictures show the sas troops abseiling through the.

During a raid lasting 17 minutes the team. Operation nimrod is a tribute to blue squadron of 22 sas raid on the iranian embassy siege in london in 1980 and is proud to run this website. During operation nimrod the sas team abseiled from the roof of the embassy before forcing entry through windows and securing the five storey building.

The uk prime minister margaret thatcher authorised operation nimrod a projected assault to free the hostages.

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