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inbredyokel · 07-02-2006, 08:35

...In a sort of related tangent: there was a fiction fantasy book on SF called DESERT FIRE by Niall Arden, it was pulled from the shelves all over the UK.

"A covert unit of British SAS, US Delta Force, CIA and British intelligence operatives was formed during the build up to the Second Gulf War to carry out top-secret operations in Northern Iraq. Officially they didn`t exist. To ensure the stability of Northern Iraq, these men were sent to recruit the Kurdish Peshmerga guerrillas to join the invasion.

This ultra-clandestine mission was headed up by Niall Arden, an SAS veteran and black operations specialist. DESERT FIRE is the extraordinary story of one mission and how his unit was compromised three times – and how each time they managed to escape from an enemy hell-bent on hunting them down. Cornered and desperate, the men of the unit resorted to superhuman efforts to survive as they were thrown into a bloody, mind-numbing close-quarter combat. But even as they fought for their lives, they began to realise they had been sent on a mission that was not all it seemed..."

Turns out this scrote's military experience was a 10-month period as a probationary 2nd Lt in the Essex Army Cadet Force in 1990, which if you don't know is a youth club along the lines of the boy scouts.
I only mention it as its military fiction...and for the completely shameless purposes of blatant self-promotion and inflating my ego.
I got involved with doing some checks after doubts began to appear on this lad's background...of course after they'd paid, printed and released the book.
If only they's asked someone about this clown in the first place.

07-02-2006, 08:35	#54
inbredyokel Asset Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: UK Posts: 12	Not exactly on topic but..... ...In a sort of related tangent: there was a fiction fantasy book on SF called DESERT FIRE by Niall Arden, it was pulled from the shelves all over the UK. "A covert unit of British SAS, US Delta Force, CIA and British intelligence operatives was formed during the build up to the Second Gulf War to carry out top-secret operations in Northern Iraq. Officially they didn`t exist. To ensure the stability of Northern Iraq, these men were sent to recruit the Kurdish Peshmerga guerrillas to join the invasion. This ultra-clandestine mission was headed up by Niall Arden, an SAS veteran and black operations specialist. DESERT FIRE is the extraordinary story of one mission and how his unit was compromised three times – and how each time they managed to escape from an enemy hell-bent on hunting them down. Cornered and desperate, the men of the unit resorted to superhuman efforts to survive as they were thrown into a bloody, mind-numbing close-quarter combat. But even as they fought for their lives, they began to realise they had been sent on a mission that was not all it seemed..." Turns out this scrote's military experience was a 10-month period as a probationary 2nd Lt in the Essex Army Cadet Force in 1990, which if you don't know is a youth club along the lines of the boy scouts. I only mention it as its military fiction...and for the completely shameless purposes of blatant self-promotion and inflating my ego. I got involved with doing some checks after doubts began to appear on this lad's background...of course after they'd paid, printed and released the book. If only they's asked someone about this clown in the first place.
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