Teal Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1431414,00.html SAS men led hunt raid on CommonsTHE STORMING of the House of Commons last September in protest over the Hunting Bill was planned and carried out by rogue SAS soldiers, writes Robert Winnett. Several of the pro-hunt supporters who broke into parliament during the debate on the bill were former members of the special forces regiment. Some are said to have seen frontline action “very recently” and at least one of the group is still a member of an SAS reserve squadron. The men cannot be identified for reasons of national security. Eight men were arrested following the incident — in which five of them were shown live on television confronting Alun Michael, the rural affairs minister, and berating MPs. The stunt was initially thought to be the work of amateur protesters who made a mockery of lax security. It led to a major safety review and the appointment of a new parliamentary security chief from MI5. The police, who are understood to have spent more than £1m investigating the incident, have now uncovered the special forces backgrounds of the protesters. One friend of the men said: “It just shows how passionately people feel about this issue that men who were prepared to sacrifice everything for their country, and have put themselves in very difficult situations, are prepared to go to these lengths.” One of the SAS men who took part in the protest declined to comment on his background last week. “It’s not something I want to discuss, and it will not be mentioned in court,” he said. The eight were charged with disorderly conduct and will appear at London’s Bow Street magistrates’ court on January 18. All are pleading not guilty and claim the charges are politically motivated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apbuild Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 Absolutely unbelievable. Shows the passions felt!! Wonder if the SAS just wanted to carry out a little training to see how easy it was to get ino the commons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Beasley Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 We know a couple of serving members of the regiment and having heard a few of their tales you'd be amazed where they get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddbob Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 It will certainly be good to have them on our side to help counter the antis Lets not forget, some of these antis have been practising terrorists for many years now, and the SAS know a lot about counter terrorism... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilishdave Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 SAS my **** those poofs in tites with the swords would have got a right paseting. Ottis ferry SAS??? Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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