Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lock shouting instructions down to police officers below from the Embassy balcony - Brendan Monks/Getty Images Trevor Lock, who ...

Ben Macintyre, author of 'Agent Zigzag', recounts in 'The Siege' the takeover of the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980, a confusing attack that ended in tragedy. Prince's Gate, number 16, South ...

At 19:30, on Wednesday, April 30, 1980, a small, secret, and exceptionally well-equipped army rolled out of Bradbury Lines, the Special Air Service camp at Hereford. Locals tended to be overly curious ...

When a group of terrorists took over Iran’s Embassy in London, British authorities realized they would have to take it back by force. On April 30, 1980, six Arab gunmen, claiming to fight for the ...