User talk:Hakuraman

The amendment below was submitted by hakuraman to the main page and the main page was amended to remove it with a comment by "canley" of (very interesting, but it's original research and opinion - put it on the talk page by all means) (undo).

The amendment is fact not opinion. I "hakuraman" was one of the 2 B Sqn mortermen who helped put "Mac & Tosh" onto the casavac chopper on the 4th of Jan and then went on to support the battle on the 5th of Jan when according to the book Mahad bin Amr was killed by mortar fire.

Amendment 07/09/2011 Fiennes describes on page 173 chapter 26 3rd paragraph "that Mahad, Amr's second son by his first wife was killed in the early stages of an operation on 4 January 1975 close to the communist base of Sherishitti". He was killed by heavy mortar fire” There is a "detailed" account of the part of the op that was designed to take the Sherishitti complex on Page 223 where Fiennes again mentions Mahad bin Amr "was ripped apart by mortar fire from the SAS mortar position". On page 224 he go’s on to describe how "Mac and Tosh Ash of the G squadron mortar group were both wounded by the same bullet and evacuated by helicopter" that day. The 2 men were actually hit by the same bullet on the morning of the 4th Jan 1975 while advancing from the chopper drop off point, well before any SAS mortar was even deployed in support of the op. They were with Nigel Lorings HQ Coy group as were the 2 mortar men from B Sqn on the right flank of the advance. The Centre and leading group had reached the dense scrub leading off to point 980/985 and were battling the adoo. The Loring group were still outside it on a ridge some 300 yds away. The group was plagued by “overs” from the main battle but a sniper was trying to take out members of the group. After a number of very close shots 1 bullet hit the arm of one G Sqn man and passed through it, over the head of the second and went in through the heel of his boot into the bottom of his foot. These 2 (Mac & Tosh Ash) were dragged back off the ridge by the 2 Bqn men who organised a heli medivac back to Midway then the FST in Salalah. It was the 2 B Sqn mortar men who then went on to make it to point 980/985 with Nigel Lorings company as dusk fell that day. During late afternoon a number of chopper lifts had brought in vital stores including the 1 SAS Mortar which would play a part in contacts that night and the battle the next day. During this time the SAS mortar was manned by the 2 B Sqn men, both Mac & Tosh being in the FST in Salalah at that time. Fiennes’s "tale" then that Mac in some way was responsible for the death of Mahad bin Amr is discredited. The author of this amendment fully supports the comment of "disgraceful" made By Ms Clarke in this article. Signed hakuraman Hakuraman (talk) 22:17, 7 December 2011 (UTC)