Terror Attacks : From the Zealots to Bin Laden (True Crime) by Williams Anne & Head Vivian

Author:Williams, Anne & Head, Vivian [Williams, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Nonfiction
Publisher: Canary Press
Published: 2011-02-14T00:00:00+00:00

STANDOFF

Initially, it appeared that the gunmen were members of a radical group called the Democratic Revolutionary Movement for the Liberation of Arabistan, and they wanted to gain political sovreignty for the region in southern Iran known as Khuzestan. Both Iran and Iraq had for many years struggled for control of this region, which is rich in oil. However, the terrorists then went on to demand the release of 91 political prisoners held in jail by the Ayatollah Khomeini after the Islamic revolution. Later, once the siege was over, it transpired that the terrorists had been trained in Iraq, prompting speculation that the whole incident had been masterminded by Saddam Hussein, in an attempt to undermine the Iranian government prior to the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war.

When news of the attack came in to Whitehall, the security services immediately sprang into action. Terrorism was an issue at the top of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s agenda, especially after the assassinations of Lord Mountbatten and Conservative MP Airey Neave the previous year. While the SAS set up a base in a building next door to the embassy, military officials and government ministers gathered in the cabinet office briefing room, otherwise known as Cobra. When the terrorists’ demand for the release of the prisoners came in, the Iranian government flatly refused to comply. It was clearly going to be down to the British to resolve the situation.

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