Operation Nimrod

E53211

counter-terrorism operation hostage rescue operation military operation

Operation Nimrod was the 1980 Special Air Service hostage-rescue assault on the Iranian Embassy in London, renowned for its swift, televised resolution of the siege.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Operation Nimrod canonical	3

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	counter-terrorism operation ⓘ hostage rescue operation ⓘ military operation ⓘ
aftermath	surviving gunman prosecuted in the United Kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	SAS assault on Iranian Embassy ⓘ
associatedWith	Margaret Thatcher government ⓘ Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ surface form: Metropolitan Police
casualties	five hostage-takers killed ⓘ one hostage killed during assault ⓘ one hostage-taker captured alive ⓘ several hostages injured ⓘ
commandedBy	Lieutenant Colonel Michael Rose ⓘ
conductedBy	British Army ⓘ Special Air Service ⓘ
coordinationWith	Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ surface form: Metropolitan Police Special Branch
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
date	5 May 1980 ⓘ
endDate	1980-05-05 ⓘ
hasParticipant	Special Forces Support Group ⓘ surface form: Blue Team (SAS) Special Forces Support Group ⓘ surface form: Red Team (SAS)
impact	influenced global counter-terrorism tactics ⓘ raised public profile of the SAS ⓘ
legalAuthority	authorized by the British government ⓘ
location	Iranian Embassy in London ⓘ surface form: Iranian Embassy, London
mediaCoverage	broadcast live on British television ⓘ extensive international news coverage ⓘ
notableFor	live television coverage ⓘ rapid execution ⓘ use of stun grenades and explosive entry ⓘ
objective	neutralize hostage-takers of the Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan ⓘ rescue hostages held in the Iranian Embassy in London ⓘ
operator	22nd Special Air Service Regiment ⓘ
partOf	Iranian Embassy siege ⓘ
plannedBy	Special Air Service ⓘ
precededBy	Iranian Embassy siege ⓘ surface form: six-day Iranian Embassy siege
result	British victory ⓘ hostages rescued ⓘ siege ended ⓘ
startDate	1980-05-05 ⓘ
tacticalFeature	simultaneous multi-point entry ⓘ use of diversionary explosions and smoke ⓘ
theatreOfOperations	Kensington ⓘ surface form: South Kensington, London
time	approximately 19:23 BST ⓘ
triggeredBy	failure of negotiations with hostage-takers ⓘ
usedEquipment	abseiling from rooftop ⓘ explosive frame charges ⓘ stun grenades ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Operation Nimrod
Description of subject: Operation Nimrod was the 1980 Special Air Service hostage-rescue assault on the Iranian Embassy in London, renowned for its swift, televised resolution of the siege.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Special Air Service → notableOperation → Operation Nimrod ⓘ

Iranian Embassy siege → operationName → Operation Nimrod ⓘ

Iranian Embassy in London → eventLocation → Operation Nimrod ⓘ