Of course, we might never hear about it... unless their leaders let them.
AN Army sniper hero has beaten an MoD ban to reveal the true story of the most epic battle fought by British troops in Iraq.Sgt Dan Mills has told of the bloody, six-month Siege of Cimic House, which defence chiefs tried to conceal.
The Sun today begins serialisation of the platoon commander’s book Sniper One - click here to read more.
But wait! There's more!
...100 soldiers of the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment refused to retreat despite running low on ammo and food. Mills and his 14 sharpshooters killed as many as 400 rebels.The company lost one of their own, Private Chris Rayment, 22, from London. Six were badly wounded.
The 2004 siege is the longest defensive stand fought by the Army since the Second World War.
Yet MoD media bosses imposed a news blackout, leaving the incident still largely unknown today.
Defence bosses also pressured Sgt Mills, 39, to drop the book — and are now trying to stop him receiving any payment for it.
Given the gag order they've imposed, at this point they're following the script, and if the Sergeant published in the face of the ban, yeah, okay.
Of course, the ban, as imposed, is just stupid, with no accounting for nuance. It's typical bad-commander-covering-his-butt over-broadly written.
Anyway - the saga of the fight continues.
