Just to let you know, Dom, or Harold Shipman, was 18 years US Delta Force, their version of the SAS, a real kinda double hard b*rstard! I don't think he was sh*tting himself, especially as at the time the full squad were behind him, and I was restrained ankle and wrists...he actually hit me quite hard too!

But when I was abducted, I knew it was coming, I sensed it from the military advisor's eyes opposite, and I did feel like throwing a couple of them! That would have been really funny...

But again, these guys are all either ex Delta Force and Rangers - trained killers, where we are trained sportsmen...would you take that risk?

In respect to the news, it always has a spin on it. Take for example the NATO action in Begrade. I know quite a few people there, and was on the email to them every day to check they were ok, and also to find out what was really happening - not their press, nor ours, but the truth. It was quite a different story...

It was even interesting during the gulf war to watch the reports live on the 24hour news channels, and see them edited for the main news in such a manner they had a completely different spin on it...

But I got some good insight into the techniques, and chatted at length with the guys as to what was actually happening out there in Cuba. I am still torn between moral and necessary, legal and military....it is a very difficult subject. But one thing's for sure - people are suffering and not all of it is necessary.

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