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British SAS would fight the Islamic State in Iraq
Commando British special forces killed 200 fighters of the Islamic State in secret raids.Equipped with assault rifles on board quads, elite soldiers attack the jihadists by surprise night.
From our correspondent in London
Equipped with heavy machine guns and assault rifles on board quads all terrain, British SAS commandos conducting night missions to eliminate jihadists of the Islamic State in Iraq.These "punch" operations would have killed 200 fighters of the terrorist organization in a month at the rate of "up to eight per day," according to the revelations of the Mail on Sunday .
Officially, the United Kingdom, which is involved in air raids on the bastions of the Islamic State of the international coalition , has no ground forces there.However, adding the military trainers who work alongside Iraqi and Kurdish armies and the special forces, dozens of British soldiers are actually present in the field. The intervention of SAS on site was known, but they were expected to conduct only reconnaissance missions. The Ministry of Defence confirmed the presence of British troops on Iraqi soil but refused to comment on the action of special forces.
"Inflicting fear of God to terrorists"
Once their targets identified by aerial observation drones and Listens enemy communications, SAS soldiers are carried on Chinook troop transport helicopters, sometimes tens of kilometers from their destination, not to attract attention. The fighters then went on to board quads and attack their targets by surprise, preferably overnight.
"Our tactics inflict fear of God among the fighters of theIslamic state because they do not know where it will hit and can not do much to stop us. We degrade morale. They can run and hide when they see planes in the sky, but they can not see us or hear us. Use as sniper both reinforces the fear, the terrorists do not know what happens to them.They just see their dead colleagues lying on the sand, "says a source quoted by the SAS Mail on Sunday .
Destroy supply routes and checkpoints
These raids are intended lines of communication and supply Islamic State bases or checkpointswhere the practical organization of kidnapping and ransom vehicles. In early October, elite SAS troops have destroyed a convoy of trucks of the Islamic State by taking only two heavy ammunition sniper rifle AW-50 team special forces. "It is not always about killing an enemy but to neutralize a threat," a military source confided to the newspaper Daily Star Sunday .
For military analyst at the think tank Royal United Services Institute, Justin Bronk, this intervention has "a very significant multiplier effect in support of air operations." "The figure of 200 victims is not trivial compared with 800 dead air strikes, pousuit it. The SAS commandos intervention logic of a conflict area where the UK is involved. This tends to replace the sending of conventional ground troops. "
SAS were deployed in Iraq this summer and would have led an incursion into Syria to help 30,000 Yazidis in the Battle of Kobané . British soldiers also assist the Iraqi and Kurdish troops in preparation for a ground offensive against the Islamic state in spring.
According to Justin Bronk, Information of the Mail on Sunday to leak gaits, participates in the image war in line with the Islamic state. But the main risk of this guerrilla tactics is that one of these elite soldiers is captured by terrorists.
Saddam must be laughing his azz off! Thank god Iraq has her kurds.
Commando British special forces killed 200 fighters of the Islamic State in secret raids.Equipped with assault rifles on board quads, elite soldiers attack the jihadists by surprise night.
From our correspondent in London
Equipped with heavy machine guns and assault rifles on board quads all terrain, British SAS commandos conducting night missions to eliminate jihadists of the Islamic State in Iraq.These "punch" operations would have killed 200 fighters of the terrorist organization in a month at the rate of "up to eight per day," according to the revelations of the Mail on Sunday .
Officially, the United Kingdom, which is involved in air raids on the bastions of the Islamic State of the international coalition , has no ground forces there.However, adding the military trainers who work alongside Iraqi and Kurdish armies and the special forces, dozens of British soldiers are actually present in the field. The intervention of SAS on site was known, but they were expected to conduct only reconnaissance missions. The Ministry of Defence confirmed the presence of British troops on Iraqi soil but refused to comment on the action of special forces.
"Inflicting fear of God to terrorists"
Once their targets identified by aerial observation drones and Listens enemy communications, SAS soldiers are carried on Chinook troop transport helicopters, sometimes tens of kilometers from their destination, not to attract attention. The fighters then went on to board quads and attack their targets by surprise, preferably overnight.
"Our tactics inflict fear of God among the fighters of theIslamic state because they do not know where it will hit and can not do much to stop us. We degrade morale. They can run and hide when they see planes in the sky, but they can not see us or hear us. Use as sniper both reinforces the fear, the terrorists do not know what happens to them.They just see their dead colleagues lying on the sand, "says a source quoted by the SAS Mail on Sunday .
Destroy supply routes and checkpoints
These raids are intended lines of communication and supply Islamic State bases or checkpointswhere the practical organization of kidnapping and ransom vehicles. In early October, elite SAS troops have destroyed a convoy of trucks of the Islamic State by taking only two heavy ammunition sniper rifle AW-50 team special forces. "It is not always about killing an enemy but to neutralize a threat," a military source confided to the newspaper Daily Star Sunday .
For military analyst at the think tank Royal United Services Institute, Justin Bronk, this intervention has "a very significant multiplier effect in support of air operations." "The figure of 200 victims is not trivial compared with 800 dead air strikes, pousuit it. The SAS commandos intervention logic of a conflict area where the UK is involved. This tends to replace the sending of conventional ground troops. "
SAS were deployed in Iraq this summer and would have led an incursion into Syria to help 30,000 Yazidis in the Battle of Kobané . British soldiers also assist the Iraqi and Kurdish troops in preparation for a ground offensive against the Islamic state in spring.
According to Justin Bronk, Information of the Mail on Sunday to leak gaits, participates in the image war in line with the Islamic state. But the main risk of this guerrilla tactics is that one of these elite soldiers is captured by terrorists.
Saddam must be laughing his azz off! Thank god Iraq has her kurds.
