The Iranian Embassy Siege: Operation Nimrod

[@warographics643]

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[@B-...]

This is some serious pay to win garbage. Tutorials are generally meant to show you how to play, this one literally just shows you how to spend money. Basically everything in game from armies to technology can be bought faster with real money. Even facebook/mobile games are less egregious in their pay to win. This one isn't even subtle. Insert credit card to win. Developers should be embarassed. With all that said, I think the biggest crime of all is that the game is ugly and boring. I feel pity for the developers of this 'game'. What went terribly wrong in your life to end up here?

[@GrimnirLaguz28]

The SAS dude who suffered the 2nd degree burns is the exact reason why any of them were SAS. Absolute unit.

[@rev4204]

18:25 ‘began to push him back towards the embassy for…. no particular reason’ That had me p*sing myself 😂😂

[@Fernando5455Jr]

Agree I bet that SAS just wanted the terrorist to be introduced to his two other friends Heckler & Koch

[@President-JonSnow.Malkowich]

He just wanted to talk to him.

[@carlwheezer623]

*cue Peter Griffin* I just wanna talk to him

[@joes4764]

@@President-JonSnow.Malkowich😂😂😂

[@dyphrex]

@@carlwheezer623was thinking the same thing😭😭

[@CrvrMb]

Can hear Simon’s British pride in this episode. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@jayl878]

My dad was British but we were in America at the time that this happened. He was proud to no end on this day. I was too.

[@jobymahon2871]

I could hear his facial expression change when he read they killed a hostage.

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

That's The English Flag, not The British Flag.

[@justonecornetto80]

I remember watching this live when I eight years old! I was telling my seven year old grandson about it a few weeks back.

[@lordwellingtonthethird8486]

Why did you put an English flag then?

[@carolmccormack2381]

I was 9 at the time but I distinctly remember watching the storming on the TV. I had been in a car crash that day and was brought home from the hospital with my legs bandaged and was allowed to stay up and watch the tv.

[@maka6134]

L bozo get your legs broken womp womp

[@I_am_Jesus_though]

I love core memories like this.

[@bountyhuntermk2520]

Yawn…..

[@georgebouch7160]

Womp womp

[@qcvitals]

​@@bountyhuntermk2520why do you need to hate on people?

[@nestortomaselli6372]

14:12 "No, of course he didn't." LOL the amount of British pride in Simon's voice was priceless XD

[@Blimsky]

Had every boy in the country playing breach and enter all summer as well as a boon in sale of balaclavas, cap bangers, spudguns and camo paint.

[@Elemblue2]

Damn, that really was popular.

[@manuelacosta9463]

One of the OG Spec Ops missions. Despite several things initially going wrong SAS really wiped the floor with the hostage takers. Who dares wins indeed.

[@Doubledusss790]

Trevor is my Grandad, he is the nicest, most decent man I have ever met. He is a hero to me for being my Grandad but still hearing about his bravery makes me realize what a great man he is to others also. He is still around and we will be sharing a rum this weekend!

[@shaundavenport621]

Your Grandad did the country proud.My Mum rip was sick with worry for him at that time!I was eleven and watched it live with her.What a man!👍👍👍

[@michaelmaggi8252]

That's incredible! I've ben reading Ben Macintyre's The Seige. Trevor subjected himself to so much agony to that the hostage-takers wouldn't find his revolver. Hats off to the man. I doubt many men could have the same resolve in such a situation.

[@Doubledusss790]

@@michaelmaggi8252 he had a tough upbringing and is still to this day such a naturally brave person. He is the kindest and wisest man you could ever wish to meet and probably deserves a book of his own. He never made any fuss and he used to keep his George medal in the cutlery drawer at his house for many years. He is a unique and genuine British man the like of which are not that common in the world anymore.

[@Doubledusss790]

@@shaundavenport621 thanks for the kind words mate.

[@shaundavenport621]

@@Doubledusss790 You're welcome, I'd love to sit and pick your Grandads brains but the poor chap must get so tired of the same old questions about the same old thing, lol. Please pass on mine and many peoples that I know our kind regards and thanks for showing the same if not much more courage and composure during that time than the SAS He did us and the British people 'proud'.😁👍👍😇👍👍

[@jimbo9305]

The idea that they were going to take care of the last hostage taker except for a polite reminder that they were on camera, that's priceless.

[@stevenpeek8842]

Only thing missing was Simon saying, "Oh, no," when telling us that 2 murdering terrorists were lined up and shot.

[@Elemblue2]

You can tell bleeding hearts arnt watching this channel. Or if they are, they were cured of it, from watching this channel.

[@RayHikes]

"Oh no! Anyway..."

[@jodiecrosby7819]

Simon, this channel is your real crowning glory. Damn its good. My old favourite was of course, Casual Criminalist, but this.... so much better. Long live the Whistlerverse.

[@swedishfish2357]

To the Whistler Cinematic Universe!

[@gandoff7840]

As an American, I have never been so proud to be British 🇬🇧 ☕️

[@justonecornetto80]

So you should be! Your Delta Force and Navy Seals wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the SAS.

[@lordwellingtonthethird8486]

@@justonecornetto80well delta force is based on the SAS not the seals. Be humble sir.

[@justonecornetto80]

@@lordwellingtonthethird8486 Seals are based on the SBS which started life as a section of the SAS.

[@The_Good_Captain]

We made what is now your nation me wee distant cousin.. so ye better be proud!

[@ariaspes3842]

@@justonecornetto80 hey, no online dating lol

[@JimTheFly]

A great example of how quickly they cleared that embassy: When Simon says how long the mission took, the video was already longer than the mission, even if you remove the ad read at the beginning.

[@JD-lp5rw]

Probably 10 minutes in and out if it hadn't been for those two incidents

[@jamesdowling9759]

This is one of our proudest military moments. We’ve never had a hostage situation on UK soil since.

[@LuxVertas]

that we know of!

[@archstanton6102]

What about the prison guards held hostage in Manchester?

[@jamesdowling9759]

@@archstanton6102 I was more referring to an outside terror group.

[@archstanton6102]

@@jamesdowling9759 That is a very good point.

[@The_Good_Captain]

Tell that to our ancestors back in the tribal/kingdom days.. We kept each other hostage all the time, basically became holiday camp for all ages and nations lol The good ole days sounded fun, better than modern day anyways.. 🤣

[@absolute-focus]

Everyone is a tough guy till the shadows start sipping tea.

[@andywilson5828]

Excellent quote, may I use it

[@absolute-focus]

@andywilson5828 free speech friend. Your welcome to.

[@augustlion6645]

What needs emphasising was that this was happening live on TV , the UK was gripped to their TV's and a siege that had gone on for days, that looked perilous was ended in a little more than 15 mins. The black clad figures abseiling down the embassy walls made a big impression on my young mind and after that, everyone knew who the SAS was. Most of what they had done before had been done in secret, was just stories but watching it live on BBC TV brought them front and centre to world attention.

[@TheMsdos25]

The SAS weren't the only ones who gained widespread notoriety from this operation. It also cemented the HK MP5's status as one of the most iconic SMGs of all time. A mainstay of swat teams and operators for decades to come.

[@sam1812seal]

I was young at the time but I distinctly remember my sister’s Sindy House taking on the role of the Iranian Embassy for my Action Man for a considerable time afterwards.

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

Simon's pride is palpable. The SAS is one of my favorite SOF Units, and I had the privilege of living for a week with a team of them on our Outpost in Iraq.

[@ab5olut3zero95]

Best part is when the PM and her Majesty left their credit cards behind the bar…. The entire Regiment was worthless for the next three days, and the national debt went up ten percent as a result of that decision… lol

[@bateman2112]

Missing the most vital piece of information: the color of the boathouse at Hereford

[@kreb7]

I see what you did there, samurai without master

[@hlinikukus]

There is no boathouse in hereford. 😀

[@bateman2112]

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[@tmhood]

Great video, thank you. It's hard to overstate how impressed everybody in the UK was at the time.

[@jamconsi590]

Popular culture reference, the COD hero Capt Price is based on John McAleese who took part in Operation NIMROD and was on the balcony. John McAleese, RIP.

[@evilras]

Sometimes it's hard to feel proud being British. But the SAS are quite simply the best of us and I can't help but shed a happy tear when I hear about their exploits. 2nd degree burns and he shakes it off and gets in with it. Incredible.

[@jrmckim]

I'm happy to see more British folks feeling pride for their country. You should also feel pride knowing you were the first country to outright ban slavery and fought wars with African countries that continued to enslave their own people.

[@ElitistMagi]

Props to you for actually saying how it went down at the end, not many people know about what you said around 18:26.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

5:45 - Chapter 1 - The calm before the storm 7:40 - Chapter 2 - The lads go in 18:55 - Conclusion

[@jokerincgaming2730]

What a guy, Trevor 👏

[@michaelmaggi8252]

I recently read a book about the seige, and he subjected himself to nearly a week of self-induced constipation. He had been hiding his revolver under his overcoat, as the hostage-takers watched every male hostage when they used the bathroom. Trevor Lock purposefully subjected himself to a fast, so that he wouldn't need to shit. Even though he was starving, heavily constipated, and exhausted, he managed to help overpower Salim until SAS troopers shot Salim to death.

[@macariorodriguez630]

Officer Trevor had a whole movie play out. Talk about courage.

[@chrishusing227]

I happened to stumble upon the Iranian embassy in 2015. I was surprised that it was still there. One of my prized framed posters is from HK and shows two troopers about to go inside from a balcony.

[@ArathirCz]

There is a quite good dramatization movie about the Siege called 6 Days. I believe it is currently streaming on Netflix.

[@davidboysel4509]

Thank you I would like to watch that

[@hracekk]

Diky za doporuceni!

[@VosperCDN]

Yes, about the best movie out there on this, and a good slow build to the lightning quick action of the raid itself.

[@Doubledusss790]

It's completely false and full of shit, it's a terrible film

[@DILFDylF]

Sounds like the hostage that got killed first was almost literally asking to be killed. I can't imagine getting taken hostage by 6 psychos and thinking it's in ANYONE'S best interest for me to talk some shit.

[@glitchingwiththethugz8400]

You see, it's..remarkably simple how things work around these parts. Simon uploads, I click. I love the content you make!

[@Alobo075]

This is when I learned that the SAS was still around. I knew about them as the "guys with jeeps" from reading World War II books. They just faded from view (at least to 12 year old me) until this raid.

[@Minka-ot9xl]

And they had pink land rovers during that time too

[@dragonbank6807]

Thank god you still host this channel. I miss the biographics and geographics channels

[@typ6896]

Me too

[@Cronus716]

I think most of us do. The other guy just isn't nearly as entertaining as Simon, and his voice is a bit annoying. Unfortunately, Simon doesn't own those channels, I believe.

[@resileaf9501]

Simon never owned Biographics, Geographics and Top Tenz. Get over it, he left of his own will.

[@KW-qd1bi]

Check out his new places channel. It is basically his new geographics.

[@luisa.acevedo3326]

He has a new geographics channel. Is called places.

[@bumblingbongo7969]

ooooh this gonna be a flashbanger of an ep

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Whistlerverse video with a script by George Colclough. He’s done an extremely well job. Written like a short thriller story on par with the always excellent Morris M.

[@samwill7259]

Not sure what these guys thought they would accomplish taking hostages in a nation that Iran certainly doesn't actually LIKE. Violence and confusion in the UK is not a thing that the Iranian government actually wants to avoid

[@MrSniperfox29]

The irony was this actually (for a brief time) improved relations between the two countries, the Iranian Government even acknowledged and thanked the British for doing it

[@nikolaideianov5092]

Before 9/11 there was a chance that would have worked goverments listened to terrorist and tryd to get the hostiges released with out force and dead Now a days it just wont work Becose these tactics of giving the terrorist what they want for the lives of the hostiges helped 9/11 happen

[@beckyowens2586]

The guy who caught fire. Did they have to order a flatbed truck to take him and his massive testicles to the hospital?

[@Wacko40k]

“RIGHT LADS! WERE OFF TO LONDON TO MEET THE FUCKING QUEEN! And do some shopping”

[@AdastraRecordings]

Like a bearded Jedi, Simon is rooting around in my brain looking for content, this is the video I was looking for.

[@tacticalphantom7013]

Trevor Locke is my dad’s uncle.

[@dimitrigaumann7740]

trevor, on the floor! what a legend, staying this calm in such a situation truely takes nerves of steel

[@jrmckim]

So he's your Great Uncle.

[@everydayhero5076]

I wish ever episode was like this one. Great episode, Simon!

[@travellingwithjeff]

Simon, thx. This has to be one of your best from my point of view....well done

[@PublicVoodoo]

Trevor Locke lived down the road from my nan. She would often say about how the whole street would be gripped to the news waiting for an update.

[@Isometrix116]

I just rewatched 6 days a few days ago. I love that movie, so I do not mind for a moment a story on this :)

[@SmileyMack]

Yeah...tgexreason he started marching him back in was to say hello to his lil' friend

[@renaissanceredneck73]

14:09 special operators are just built different.

[@nikolaideianov5092]

Well ita kinda in the name

[@renaissanceredneck73]

@@nikolaideianov5092 yep, they are "special". And no, not short bus special.

[@DannyHeywood]

"The remaining Hostages immediately Fingered him." .....Ooooh my.

[@davidboysel4509]

😂😂😂

[@skwervin1]

I read the memoirs of one of the guys who went in that day, it was a history of the SAS, their selection, training and some of the missions they had been on prior to this including Aden, Yemen and the Middle East. It was a packed read, with pictures (faces blacked out or covered as per normal) and stories of what some of them had been through while on duty (imagine not being able to go to the toilet for 2 weeks because the smell of faeces could give away your position?! when you could finally go - it was called having a baby!!) and how they worked with the local peoples - win their hearts first then win the war. I remember being a teenage when this happened - such awesome work - in, out work done and dusted.

[@Gts2pro]

I also remember this on TV , But just announced in the news August 2024 one of the SAS solders has died due to ill health , Sir I thankyou for your services may you now rest in forever peace❤

[@nataliemason4656]

You are an amazing story teller. I miss you on the other channels you used to do.

[@CrvrMb]

Yesssss more content! 🤩

[@theretiredmariner2488]

I remember this vividly because I worked in a pub close by and on a Sunday evening it was usually quiet. On opening at 7 pm (yes we weren't open all day in those days) about 50 coppers came in for a pint. Ten minutes later they were gone and an hour later it was all over. Convenient for me because the 49 bus route was changed to avoid the embassy making it marvellous to travel to work 😀

[@rosaria8384]

The fact that the SAS were hooked on the snooker league games during the weekend and got annoyed, yet maintained professionalism, really shows they shouldn't be messed with. The DRFLA really picked the wrong enemy to piss off.

[@robertharrington703]

Always nice to see a Warographics video pop up in my sub box after a long day at work (What that says about me is a different question)

[@kalin6149]

I remember the whole family watching this unfold, was a really tense period.

[@RespawnedRose]

Simon made me laugh so hard this episode “since real life isn’t a Hollywood movie”

[@garretthayes9392]

And that kids is how global SOF became a permanent member of nearly all militaries.

[@renaissanceredneck73]

17:51 dayumm😮, that's some hard shit. Kudos to the boys from Hereford!!

[@edwardknorr1659]

Everyone needs to take a shot of liquor each time Simon says penetrate 😂

[@SS-gc2tb]

The moral of story is, don't mess with military R&R.

[@TheAidanodian]

One of the SAS dudes in charge was the real life inspiration for Captain Price from CoD

[@lordgalan6572]

Always loved the Saratoga from Space Above and Beyond!

[@alexanderklimek9354]

Idk why but i giggled so hard at the monologue stair moment - it feels like a deleted scene from The Other Guys movie 😂

[@Chilled_Mackers]

This and the prison riot were what made me aware of the SAS when I was a kid.

[@Jose-jd6bo]

Amazing work!!!❤

[@shaundavenport621]

Cobra has got to be the coolest name for the emergency Committee! 😎

[@rpk5250]

Incredible story. Notice how the excellent training must have helped them overcome muphy’s law. I’ve read that that America’s delta force was modeled after the SAS

[@archstanton6102]

As a young child i remember my father waking me up to watch the coverage of this on tv live.

[@jonahrains7483]

I think I hear a note of British pride in Simon's tone. Richly-earned.

[@smac1706]

Thank you sir, for saying MAGAZINE and not CLIP. I hate it when people call it a clip lol. 😂

[@Tekuxx]

Hey Simon I was hoping you'd be able to cover the Gallic wars at some point in time it's something I am very fascinated by and I would love to see your commentary on it

[@jimtepp-wu3cr]

Always conseal carry appendix. They don't grab your front, and if you move your hands down, it's not as suspicious as to the side. This makes for faster more surreptitious draws to better your odds in a defensive encounter. 👍

[@chrisspulis1599]

I once held siege to a toilet after I shat my pants. With only 2 hands and 1 foot to hold the door closed and preform a clean up operation at the same time things seemed impossible. And they were.

[@bobbydigital3407]

I'm so used to hearing Simon cover professional wrestling I keep waiting to hear him say, "he broke kayfabe..."

[@Traxio1980]

Great video as usual, if you can find "Special Forces Heroes" TV series 4 great SAS programmes including the Iranian embassy siege

[@theawesomeman9821]

I'm not British but I do admire their military prowess.

[@BladesDark]

😂 man the SAS was not playing games if they were it was Real Life Rainbow Six

[@justonecornetto80]

It's all in their motto - "Who Dares Wins". If you want a modern day example check out Christian Craighead who saved the lives of 700 people after Al-Shabaab terrorists attacked the DusitD2 complex in Nairobi. He wasn't even on duty at the time!

[@udp1073]

I was 7 at the time... this situation changed my life... no, I was not involved in any way shape or form... i just followed it on TV... but the "man in black" made me become a gun nuts... and that affected (in a very positive way) my life so far.

[@minnybri2010]

This reminds me of the clip from Madagascar, something to ask the SAS: "So do you have any LIVE people?" 😂

[@andreasottohansen7338]

I swear, every time I here the name "Hereford", i think of Captain Price's "There's a clocktower in Hereford..." Speech

[@WilliamJakespeareProps]

I think the ad-read mic might be overmodulating a bit.

[@garyflatman3263]

The good old days when England took no s#!t

[@YARROWS9]

The guys that killed the terrorists were not English mate.

[@garyflatman3263]

@@YARROWS9 yawn!

[@YARROWS9]

@garyflatman3263 Tom McDonald, John Mac and Tommy Palmer are British SAS heroes. But not English.

[@nickd4310]

Compare this with the U.S. attack on David Koresh's compound in Waco, Texas.

[@SimonAmazingClarke]

We'd never heard of them. I don't remember seeing anything in war books or comics of the time. Then, after this event, there was a whole history to read up on.

[@k45207]

3:41 why did this remind me of tropic thunder? 😂

[@ethanboyd7843]

I know that voice! He's been calling about my vehicle's extended warranty.

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

The Man With No Gloves Rusty Firmin. 5th May 1980, the day my wife was born.

[@Tactical_Hotdog]

John Mcaleese, legend.

[@16mopey]

If I remember that guy that almost shot the BBC sound guy was the first man inside or at least called that and it later turned out that he was guilty of a crime involving children

[@justonecornetto80]

John McAleese. He wasn't found guilty of anything. British police were attempting to extradite him from Greece on suspicion of downloading child pornography but he died of a heart attack.

[@markmullen8536]

They say in the British Army "once you go SAS you never go back"

[@kevinbarry71]

The rules of war do not apply to hostage takers; so surrendering is not going to help

[@northwestgaming4049]

From what I understand caption price was loosely based on John McAlester.

[@mejuliie]

While the SAS gets all the credit here (and they did an absolutely amazing job), you forgot to note just how much they where helped by the negotiators, and police in general, giving them the necessary time to prepare their assault. Without the fantastic job of the negotiation team, the situation would have ended very differently - most likely with much more casualties among the hostages and maybe even some among the SAS.

[@duncancurtis5108]

The SAS never stands down.

[@ManuTheGreat79]

Just a clarification This operation was the first action of the anti terror wing of the SAS. The SAS as a war fighting unit existed ever since WW2

[@Vilamus]

Not exactly. The SAS got disbanded after WW2 and reconstituted in the 1950's.

[@ManuTheGreat79]

@@Vilamus okay, "ever" since is a bit misleading

[@dominicwaghorn6459]

That was wild

[@thierrym6165]

Another SAS appreciation video

[@SubvertTheState]

"...and he was shot dead, while disorientated." If that isnt the most British sentence.