The Sixteen: The Covert Assassination Squad That Went Beyond the SAS
by John Urwin
Category: History

An insider's account of a covert and elite branch of the British militaryervice. Reveals secret training techniques, weapons and activities of 'Theixteen'. Details the author's involvement in events during the Middle Eastrisis of the late '50s Describes top secret missions which involvedssassinations made to look like robberies or suicides. In 1957, the authoras secretly observed during his National Service basic training and waspecifically targeted and selected whilst stationed in the Middle East toecome 'Geordie', one of an elite, covert group known only to one another asThe Sixteen'. After highly specialised training which involved a top secretear elimination technique, the efficient use of lethal weapons exclusive tohe group and unique unarmed combat skills, John Urwin tells for the firstime, the role he and 'The Sixteen' played in the Middle East crisiseginning in the late 1950s. His missions included the successfulssassination of key figures to protect British Secret Agents. The weaponsnd military techniques described are not known or adopted by any part of the