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The Jebel Akhdar campaign, culminating in 1959, was a counterinsurgency campaign fought by British and Omani forces.<ref>Jonathan Colman, [http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=6400 Shattering Myths about British Counterinsurgency], H-Diplo, June 2002.</ref> | The Jebel Akhdar campaign, culminating in 1959, was a counterinsurgency campaign fought by British and Omani forces.<ref>Jonathan Colman, [http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=6400 Shattering Myths about British Counterinsurgency], H-Diplo, June 2002.</ref> | ||
| − | According to [[Peter de la Billière]], the | + | According to [[Peter de la Billière]], the campaign was a turning point in the history of the [[SAS]]: |
::We had shown that we were a flexible force capable of adapting quickly to new conditions. We had demonstrated that a small number of men could be flown into a trouble spot rapidly and discreetly, and operate in a remote area without publicity - a capability much valued by the Conservative government of the day.<ref>Peter de la Billière, Looking for Trouble: SAS to Gulf Command - The Autobiography, Harper Collins, 1994, pp.150-151.</ref> | ::We had shown that we were a flexible force capable of adapting quickly to new conditions. We had demonstrated that a small number of men could be flown into a trouble spot rapidly and discreetly, and operate in a remote area without publicity - a capability much valued by the Conservative government of the day.<ref>Peter de la Billière, Looking for Trouble: SAS to Gulf Command - The Autobiography, Harper Collins, 1994, pp.150-151.</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 12:41, 15 August 2011
The Jebel Akhdar campaign, culminating in 1959, was a counterinsurgency campaign fought by British and Omani forces.[1]
According to Peter de la Billière, the campaign was a turning point in the history of the SAS:
- We had shown that we were a flexible force capable of adapting quickly to new conditions. We had demonstrated that a small number of men could be flown into a trouble spot rapidly and discreetly, and operate in a remote area without publicity - a capability much valued by the Conservative government of the day.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Jonathan Colman, Shattering Myths about British Counterinsurgency, H-Diplo, June 2002.
- ↑ Peter de la Billière, Looking for Trouble: SAS to Gulf Command - The Autobiography, Harper Collins, 1994, pp.150-151.
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