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My guest today is Mark Nicol, the Daily Mail’s Defence and Diplomacy Editor and a journalist who has spent twenty-five years reporting on British military operations. His latest book, Blades: The Untold Story of SAS Operations in Afghanistan, tackles one of the most controversial episodes in the recent history of British Special Forces. At its heart are allegations that SAS soldiers unlawfully killed people during operations in Afghanistan, the Royal Military Police investigation Operation Northmoor, and the Independent Inquiry which continues to examine what happened.
Mark’s book challenges much of the established narrative. He argues that to understand these events we need to understand the operational environment, the rules soldiers were working under, the threat from the Taliban bomb-making network, and the decisions made much further up the chain of command. But serious allegations remain, including extrajudicial killings and attempts to conceal what happened. Today we will look at both sides of this story: what the SAS was being asked to do, what actually happened on these operations, whether the rules were workable, and where responsibility ultimately lies when operations go wrong.
Mark's book choice on Desert Islands Dits is "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" by John Le Carre and Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man And The Sea".
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