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An edition of Sniper One (2008)

Sniper one

the blistering true story of a British battle group under siege

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"April 2004 - Sgt Dan Mills and his platoon of snipers fly into southern Iraq, part of an infantry battalion sent to win hearts and minds. They were soon fighting for their lives."--Jacket.

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Publisher
Penguin
Language
English
Pages
349

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Cover of: Sniper One
Sniper One: On Scope and Under Siege with a Sniper Team in Iraq
Apr 26, 2011, St Martin s Press, St. Martin's Paperbacks
mass market paperback
Cover of: Sniper One
Sniper One: On Scope and under Siege with a Sniper Team in Iraq
2010, St. Martin's Press
in English
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Table of Contents

Ilustrations
view of al Amarah city centre from above its southern Edge, over a lynx helicopter gunner's shoulder --
The Cimic house compound beside the River Tigris --
Sniper platoon, 1PWRR. back row, left to right : H, smudge --
Des, Dv, Dan, Daz, Rob, Chris, Fitz, Ben and Ads. front row : Pikey, Longy, Oost, Sam, Harry, Redders and Louey -- Yours truly on
The look-out for enemy activity on Cimic house's roof --
Article picturing rogue cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, pinned on --
The wall of sniper platoon's living quarters --
A typical roof-top scene post-battle --
House's swimming-pool --
Louey and Daz in the rear sangar --
An l96 sniper rifle with a simrad night sight --
The view of the oms building from behind the wall where Dan's men first returned fire at the enemy, on 18 April --
RPG alley --
View of the OMS building from the neighbouring park, a favoured launch location for enemy mortar teams --
Major Ken Tait on his return from a fighting patrol before -- He was
banned from going out --
The remains of Daz's burned-out snatch after the 18 April contact --
The awesome AC-130 spectre gunship --
Chris, me and sgt Ian Caldwell in the driveway of Cimic house, preparing to leave on an arrest raid --
Chris snipes and des spots while concealed on a roof-top in downtown al Amarah.

Edition Notes

Originally published: London: Viking, 2007.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
956.7044342, 956.704438
Library of Congress
DS79.76 .M55 2008, DS79.76

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxii, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
349

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28235494M
Internet Archive
sniperoneblister0000mill
ISBN 10
0141029013
ISBN 13
9780141029016
OCLC/WorldCat
192027043

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