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SAS

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1. SAS - Noun

2. SAS - Proper noun

Meaning

a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups)

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Although it was not known at the time of the air strike, 31 other POWs from the same SAS unit, and an American airman who had joined up with the SAS unit, had also been executed. Source: Internet

In April 1976, with the Omani revolutionaries mostly defeated and resistance to British rule in Northern Ireland escalating, Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson sent the SAS D Squadron to the IRA stronghold of South Armagh. Source: Internet

Balasubramanian, the governor’s technology advisor, forwarded the document to the SAS team with a request to post it to the website—but two minutes later, he walked that request back: “Hold on, don’t POST,” he wrote. Source: Internet

Around this time republicans alleged that a "shoot-to-kill policy" had been formed in Northern Ireland, in which tens of republican paramilitaries and one loyalist paramilitary were killed on active duty, usually by the SAS and/or RUC. Source: Internet

But OPB’s director since early 2019, Kelly Farr, who also had worked for Kemp back when the governor was the secretary of state, already knew SAS well: From 2017 to 2019, Farr had worked for the company as an account executive. Source: Internet

According to Heiser, a successful SAS 70 Type I audit only means the service provider has the processes to meet its contractual promises. Source: Internet

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