EXCLUSIVE Bungled raid kills donkeys

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EXCLUSIVE: THE SASS May 28 2006
By Rupert Hamer Defence Correspondent

SAS troops blew up the wrong house, destroyed three cars and ran over two donkeys during a bungled night-time raid in Iraq.

Fifty British and US Special Forces swooped on a home - thought to be where a terror cell was hiding 20 SA16 surface-to-air missiles and an SA80 assault gun.

Acting on information from US intelligence, the SAS abseiled from a helicopter on to the roof and blew in the roof and walls.

They then arrested two Iraqi brothers, who were later found to be totally innocent.

Squaddies have dubbed the mission at Majar Al Kabir, near Basra, "A Donkey Too Far" - after the failed WW2 operation made into the movie A Bridge Too Far.

A Whitehall source said: "An armoured column hit a donkey on the way in and a Challenger II crushed cars as it turned around. Then an armoured vehicle ran over another donkey."

The source added: "There's been a fair amount of ribbing. But the troops can see the funny side. Next time we'll get the right address and the boys will keep a special look out for stray donkeys."

r.hamer@sundaymirror.co.uk

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