Thomas Rathsack is a former member of the Danish special forces unit, Jægerkorpset

Jægerkorpset

The Jaeger Corps is the special forces unit of the Royal Danish Army stationed at Aalborg Air Base.-Insignia and status :Jægerkorpset wears the maroon beret with a brass emblem depicting a hunter's bugle on a black felt liner. The beret is issued after completion of an 16 week selection...

. He wrote a book about his experience as a special forces soldier in operations in Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

 and Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

, titled Jæger – i krig med eliten

Jæger – i krig med eliten

Jæger – i krig med eliten is a book by former Jægerkorpset member Thomas Rathsack. It details operations by Danish special forces fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan...

(Hunter - fighting with the elite). The Danish Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence (Denmark)

The Ministry of Defence of Denmark is a ministry in the Danish government. It is charged with overall planning, development, and strategic guidance of the entire area of responsibility of the Danish Defence minister, including the armed forces and the emergency management sector...

 tried to stop the publication of the book, but on September 15, 2009, the Danish newspaper Politiken

Politiken

Politiken is a Danish daily broadsheet newspaper, published by JP/Politikens Hus.The newspaper comes third among Danish newspapers in terms of both number of readers and circulated copies ....

published the book in full as part of the newspaper.

External links

• Thomas Rathsack's Jæger - i krig med eliten at the newspaper Politiken PDF ( Danish)
• Jæger – i krig med eliten as plain text file on Wikileaks
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  (Danish)