Tim Collins | |
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![]() Collins in 2008 | |
Born | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 30 April 1960
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1981–2004 |
Rank | Colonel |
Commands | 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment |
Battles/wars | 1st Gulf War, Colombia Drugs War, Zaire Army Rebellion 1991, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq War |
Awards | Officer of the Order of the British Empire Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service |
Colonel Timothy Thomas Cyril Collins OBE[1] (born 30 April 1960) is a retired Northern Irish military officer in the British Army. He is best known for his role in the Iraq War in 2003, and his eve-of-battle speech, which President George W. Bush had displayed on the White House's Oval Office.[2] He is chairman (and co-founder) of intelligence-based security services company Horus Global. Collins unsuccessfully stood for the Ulster Unionist Party in the seat of North Down in the 2024 United Kingdom general election.
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