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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

Injunction blocking publication of ex-SAS soldier’s book on counter-terror op extended

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People fleeing a hotel complex in Nairobi in January 2019. Craighead claims to have saved more than 700 people after a group of armed militants launched an assault. Photograph: Khalil Senosi/AP

An injunction preventing a former member of the SAS from publishing a book about his role in a counter-terrorism operation has been extended after an application by the Ministry of Defence.

The block on publication of the book in the UK will continue until the conclusion of a government legal action against the soldier, who is known only by the pseudonym Christian Craighead.

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