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The SAS mission to bring home their fallen comrade

"WHO Dares Wins" is a way of life for the regiment. It is living and breathing this motto that makes the SAS the best at what they do.

It is not only the harsh training of SAS troopers that results in the best. It is also how these troopers operate in battle that sets them apart from other special forces.

The SAS know that the most effective weapon in war isn't weapons - but information on what the enemy is planning.

In Afghanistan today, one of the most important jobs the SAS do is risk life and limb gathering intelligence because it is this which will defeat the Taliban and find the factories making IEDs that kill our troops.

Once the SAS have intelligence, they can destroy the enemy where it hurts most, faster and more efficiently than anyone else. That's where "Who Dares Wins" really matters.

AMERICA - US Delta Force And US Navy SEALs: Delta Force was formed in 1977. Famous for the battle in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1993 when their Black Hawk helicopter was shot down. The SEALs, formed in 1980, killed Osama bin Laden in May 2011.

FRANCE - GIGN: Formed in 1973, it has taken part in more than 1,000 operations and liberated more than 500 hostages.

RUSSIA - SPETSNAZ: Set up in 1949. Led operation to end the Moscow theatre siege in October 2002 when Chechen rebels seized hundreds of hostages.

AUSTRALIA - SASR: Created in 1964. In the Vietnam War killed as many as 598 of the enemy but lost only two men.

THE injured soldier cried in pain and collapsed in the compound of the British Army's Middle East HQ in Cairo.

Second Lieutenant Archibald David Stirling had perilously scaled an internal fence using his crutches as a ladder.

But sentries had been alerted and were hunting him down with rifles raised.

With seconds to spare he forced his way into the office of General Ritchie and delivered a daring proposal.

Stirling, the son of a Scottish laird, had hatched a plan with pal Jock Lewes to form a revolutionary new force of raiders who would operate deep behind enemy lines to destroy aircraft, gain intelligence and attack supply lines.

Kee Hua Chee Live!: USA CELEBRATED 235TH ANNIVERSARY AT RENNAISANCE

HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED AS USA IS NOW BIGGER, PHYSICALLY, FINANCIALLY AND MILITARILY, THAN ITS COLONIAL MASTER AND MOTHERLAND. MIND YOU, THE EARLY SETTLERS WERE MOSTLY FROM ENGLAND WHICH EXPLAINS WHY THERE IS A STATE NAMED NEW ENGLAND, ANOTHER STATE CALLED GEORGIA AFTER KING GEORGE II WHILE NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA WERE NAMED AFTER KING CHARLES II AND MARYLAND AFTER QUEEN MARY THE WIFE OF KING CHARLES I, NEW YORK AFTER THE DUKE OF YORK AND VIRGINIA AFTER THE VIRGIN QUEEN AKA QUEEN ELIZABETH 1. OF COURSE, AFTER KING GEORGE III LOST THE ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES IN 1776, GREAT BRITAIN WENT ON TO ANNEX INDIA AND VAST PARTS OF THE WORLD TO BUILD THE WORLD'S GREATEST AND BIGGEST EMPIRE IN HISTORY. AT THE PEAK OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE,ONE-QUARTER OF THE HUMAN POPULATION WERE PAYING HOMAGE TO QUEEN VICTORIA BEFORE WORLD WAR 1 BEGUN TO ERODE ENGLAND'S POWER. HE Mr Paul Jones the American ambassador opened and closed his speech in Bahasa Malaysia. "Selamat sejahtera dan selamat petang," he said in passable Malay though his pronunciation needed work. He thanked Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon for representing the Malaysian government and noted the Gerakan president's multiple degrees from some of America's finest universities and his interest in education. He also pointed to the two giant screens behind him and Tan Sri Koh which repeatedly showed photographs of Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and the Foreign Minister with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as well as of him with his president and former president Clinton. Photographs of other leading Malaysians were also shown greeting Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Continued the American ambassador, "These images also show young Americans learning other cultures and forging friendships that will endure for decades to come. They show leaders who meet more frequently, to find new avenues for collaboration. Hundreds of American businesses are full partners in Malaysia's remarkable economic success. Forty five companies provided support for this evening. He also noted John Hopkins medical school and MIT are creating new partnerships for students and researchers in Malaysia and the Malaysian Prime Minister has forged a new partnership with New York Academy of Sciences. He said proudly, "President Obama and Secretary Clinton are sending an eminent American scientist as the US Science Envoy in time for Malaysia's Year of Science next year.

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