Zero Six Bravo (42 page)
A desert-adapted Land Rover at full pelt. Ambushed by a far superior Iraqi force, Grey, Moth, and Dude had no option but to try to outrun and outfight the enemy, as did the rest of M Squadron’s operators, who were split into smaller and smaller groups scattered across the desert.
PA
Outrun by Iraqi battle tanks, trucks and 4×4s, the men of M Squadron went to ground in a wadi, but it turned out to be a treacherous quagmire. Bogged-in vehicles were rigged with explosives, but some were captured and paraded before the media—leading to headlines that these men were “cowards who had run away from the Iraqis.” Nothing could have been further from the truth.
Reuters
After the battle. Days without any proper sleep and spent on the move through the blistering heat of the Iraqi desert left the men of M Squadron exhausted . . . even before the bullets started to fly.
John Doe
Table of Contents
