Russian SAS targeted Margaret Thatcher

Such a pity they were not successful . lol You got that right!

You cannot assassinate the IRON LADY!!!!!

they should of killed the old bag before any war.the uk would be a far better place for it.

they should of killed the old bag before any war.the uk would be a far better place for it. Nah never happen, we have the SAS... who set the standard and even train other countries special forces Bring em on is what I bet she said at the time... if she knew or even cared

They'd have had no chance, here's a little known fact Maggie was Chuck Norris's mom

Any assasination would have been carried out by GRU spetsnaz group, and only if assasination was by assault and not by using some traitor etc. This seperate from what people usually associate with spetsnaz, being normally Group A (Alpha) and B (Vympel), who were present Dubrovka Street theatre seige, Beslan etc. Spetsnaz just means special and has no bearing on type of force, size, expertise or anything. To carry out operations like SAS at Iran embassy, then probably an adhoc unit made from the best of Alpha, Vympel and others would be used. Beslan was Alpha and Vympel, and their casualties we... [More]

If two countries go to war isn't the targeting of their leaders assumed...? Nope. Killing the leaders is called 'decapitation' and it's disfavored because A, the people doing the disfavoring are the leaders and B, if you win the war, there's nobody left with the authority to tell the other side's forces to stop fighting.

During the cold war I think every leader of any country that wasn't communist or kissing up to them was a target.

Interesting,iam sure America had plans to knock off other world leaders

Thatcher would have eaten them for breakfast! From what I knew of her growing up, it would have indeed been nuts on toast!