[SOC] The truth about the Aussie SAS

[Bob Nielsen]

ROTFLMAO!

Bob, N7XY
SOC#77

On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 02:23:38PM -0500, Bill Cunningham wrote:
> 
> > There has been some speculation about why the Australian military
> > contribution to the war in Iraq has not received anything like the
> > coverage that the American (obviously) and British forces have.
> > 
> > Well the reasons are twofold: firstly, the size of the force is a
> > great deal smaller as it is made up of the elite Australian Special
> > Air Service (which is operating in conjunction with their British SAS
> > and American Delta Force & SEAL counterparts)... and secondly the fact
> > they are special forces means operational security is paramount. The
> > Aussies are famous in Special Forces circles for their ability to
> > survive without re-supply for long periods of time, something very
> > useful when operating behind enemy lines. Just how they do this is a
> > closely guarded secret.
> > 
> > However there is another more... puzzling... aspect to the lack of
> > news, considering the Australians are the only group to invite the
> > Al-Jazeera TV channel to embed journalists with them. A recently
> > broadcast signal from a Australian SAS unit 'somewhere in Iraq' made
> > mention that they had run out of embedded journalists and could they
> > send a couple more out, preferably less stringy ones this time. It is
> > unclear what the significance of that last remark was.