Bravo Two Zero

Published: Feb. 11, 2023, 1 p.m.

Eight soldiers from the Britain\u2019s Special Air Service flew deep into northwestern Iraq on the night of January 22nd, 1991.\xa0 Their callsign was Bravo Two Zero.\xa0 Their mission was to destroy the SCUD missiles Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was using against Israel.\xa0 A young goat herder stumbled across the patrol after it was on the ground for less than a day.\xa0 With their cover blown and no way to call for help, the eight solders attempted to fight their way more than 100 miles across the desert to Syria.\xa0 Only one made it.\xa0 This book was written by Bravo Two Zero\u2019s patrol leader and tells the story of what happened.