Just bought a book titled 'The Sixteen" they were active in our time way back then.

Were you involved with that crew? If so we may know you.

regards ferret

Synopsis
As an 18-year-old, John Urwin was posted to Cyprus, where he was recruited into a top-secret unit called the Sixteen, whose task was to assassinate key figures throughout the Middle East. Now he breaks his silence to tell their story. Their training was said to have surpassed that of the SAS in unarmed combat and weaponry. His description of their four key missions is explosive and a riveting account of the turbulent 1950s in the Middle East. The Cold War was approaching its height and when there was a mission to be undertaken that no government could be seen to endorse, the Sixteen would do the job. No previous depiction of a military group, in book or movie, has remotely compared to the secrecy, skills and sheer professionalism of the Sixteen.

I have read the book and recommend it.

Though when I first read it,I had doubts about Mr Urwin and his stories,ultra secret unit,no real prior training or skills,the only one to speak of the unit and their work and training,especially the use of the Belt,as if it had magical powers.

I understood the possibilities of such a unit but still was leary.

I have since been in touch with some of Mr Urwins students and they say the Belt,the skills and the knowledge are still there and demonstrated by John every training day.

I have been invited to come and train with them when next in the UK,and I hope to take them up on it as I would like to meet such a man and see and hear wht he has to say.