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Becktwith on aborted Iran rescue would cost few lives
Retired Army Col Charles Beckwith, who led a Delta Force style raid to free the Iran hostages, says two or three would have been hurt or killed if the mission had not been halted. The April 1980 rescue was scrubbed after aircraft problems. eight Americans died in a separate takeoff collision near Tehran. Beckwith now runs an anti-terrorist consultancy in Texas and recalls the desert failure with frustration.
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