{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/628b2938bf78780012cf78fb/64030e87499e250011c36dff?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bravo Two Zero Controversy Truth Or Lies?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/628b2938bf78780012cf78fb/1653293635759-989f78bae35b01c4059fa83af9392943.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Bravo Two Zero</strong> was the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_sign#British_Army\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">call sign</a> of an eight-man <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">British Army</a> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Air_Service\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Special Air Service</a> (SAS) patrol, deployed into <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Iraq</a> during the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">First Gulf War</a> in January 1991. According to <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ryan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Ryan</a>'s account, the patrol was given the task of gathering intelligence, finding a good lying-up position (LUP), setting up an <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation_post\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">observation post</a> (OP), and monitoring enemy movements, especially <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scud#Gulf_War\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Scud</a> missile launchers  on the Iraqi <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Supply_Route\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Main Supply Route</a> (MSR) between <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Baghdad</a> and North-Western Iraq; however, according to <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_McNab\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Andy McNab</a>'s account, the task was to find and destroy Iraqi <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scud#Gulf_War\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Scud</a> missile launchers along a 250&nbsp;km (160&nbsp;mi) stretch of the MSR.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Asher_(explorer)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Asher</a>, a former soldier with the SAS, went to Iraq and traced in person the route of the patrol and interviewed local Iraqi witnesses to its actions; afterward, he alleged that much of Mitchell's <em>Bravo Two Zero</em> and Armstrong's <em>The One That Got Away</em> were fabrication. His findings were published in a British television documentary filmed by <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4_Television\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Channel 4 Television</a>, and in a 2002 book entitled <em>The Real Bravo Two Zero</em>. Both Armstrong and Mitchell reacted angrily to the documentary and Asher's conclusions.</p><p><br></p><p>Contact Info:</p><p><br></p><p>Gmail: theunansweredquestionspodcast@gmail.com</p><p><br></p><p>Twitter: https://twitter.com/crimeunsolved</p><p><br></p><p>Blogger: https://theunansweredquestionspodcast.blogspot.com</p><p><br></p><p>Instagram: mr_unsolved_podcaster</p>","author_name":"Zac Miller"}