Andy McNab prison services, anti-drug forces and Western backed guerrilla movements as well as on conventional special operations. In Northern Ireland, he spent two years working as an undercover operator with 14 Intelligence Company, going on to become an instructor. During the Gulf War, McNab commanded Bravo Two Zero, an eight-man SAS patrol that was given the task of destroying underground communication links between Baghdad and north-west Iraq and with tracking Scud missile movements in the region. The patrol was dropped into Iraq on 22 January 1991, but was soon compromised, following which it attempted an escape on foot towards Syria, the
Order of battle during the Iran–Iraq War Order of battle during the Iran–Iraq War These are the orders of battle of the Iraqi and Iranian armies for the start of the Iran–Iraq War in 1980. The data is drawn from the Air Combat Information Group's Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf Database. Iraqi Armed Forces National Defense Battalions<br> 1st Army Corps (sector between Rawanduz and Marivan) 2nd Army Corps (sector between Qasre-e-Shirin, Ilam, and Mehran, armor deployed between Mehran and Dezful) 3rd Army Corps (HQ al-Qurnah, Iraq) (Sector between Dezful and Abadan) Iranian Armed Forces Peshmerga<br> "Units Garrisoned along the Iraqi Border" Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary