The Scottish siege buster: New film tells amazing story of SAS heroes who stormed Iranian embassy
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dailyrecord.co.ukTOMMY PALMER burst through the balcony window of the embassy’s main office, his MP5 sub-machine gun at the ready.Straining his eyes against the CS gas billowing around the room from the stun grenade he’d tossed in seconds earlier, he found his target – a terrorist gunman at the far side of the room.Tommy didn’t hesitate, instantly taking aim and squeezing the trigger.
But rather than a deadly burst of 9mm automatic fire, all that came from the machine gun was a dull click. Tommy’s heart sank – the MP5 had jammed.It was May 5, 1980, and the SAS raid to end the Iranian embassy siege in London had just got under way.
But for Scots SAS man Tommy, it was looking as if the unit’s most spectacular mission would also be his last. Now, 35 years on,
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