@mike2000 is back Any recent pics/infos on the SAS ? or SBS ?
And thank you for keeping this thread updated !
yes bro. SAS always has updates since they are always in action somewhere around the globe.
How crack SAS team snared Jihadi John with DIY DRONES: Troops snuck deep inside Raqqa and launched 1lb helicopter to pin point British executioner before calling in air strike that wiped him out
- Jihadi John - real name Mohammed Emwazi - was 'evaporated' by airstrike in ISIS's de facto capital of Raqqa in Syria
- An SAS team tracked him down and called in the strike from just five miles outside of the terror group's stronghold
- Eight special forces soldiers 'dug in' outside Raqqa and one assembled four 'nano helicopters' with cameras fitted
- Drones were programmed to fly outside Emwazi's hideout and beamed footage to SAS HQ and US Central Command
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MARC NICOL, DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
PUBLISHED: 01:23, 6 December 2015 | UPDATED: 14:11, 6 December 2015
A crack team from the SAS tracked down IS executioner Jihadi John and called in the air strike that killed him in Syria, it can be revealed today.
Until now the top-secret operation to eliminate the masked British extremist – who beheaded UK hostages Alan Henning and David Haines – was thought to have been conducted entirely from the air without any Western troops.
But The Mail on Sunday has learned that the perilous plan depended on a team of eight men from the Special Forces regiment risking their lives to penetrate deep inside the IS stronghold of Raqqa.
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Eight SAS soldiers sneaked to within five miles of ISIS's de facto capital of Raqqa in Syria and from there, they flew four 'nano helicopters' fitted with cameras that spied on Jihadi John
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ISIS's chief executioner Jihadi John - real name Mohammed Emwazi - was evaporated near a clock tower where the terror group carried out several brutal executions
And the secret weapon used to identify Jihadi John was a 1lb helicopter drone launched by the soldiers.
The daring mission began in darkness on November 11 when two US Chinook helicopters skimmed low across the Syrian desert to land at an isolated spot.
Avoiding all roads, the team of soldiers drove in desert buggies 35 miles south towards Raqqa. At about 3am, they 'dug in' five miles outside the city, where they remained undetected.
The following evening, while the rest of the team were on lookout, one man assembled four 3ft nano-helicopters with infrared and night-vision cameras in the nose. They were pre-programmed to fly to Jihadi John's hideout – a six-storey building in Raqqa.
The first drone set off towards its target, then entered 'hover and stare' mode, recording the movements of IS suspects at a building near the Sharksa mosque.
It beamed footage by satellite back to SAS HQ in Hereford and the US Central Command in Doha, Qatar.
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Hero SAS sniper foils suicide bomb attack by killing five jihadis with just THREE bullets
A HERO SAS sniper has foiled a terror attack by killing three jihadis and two ISIS guards - using just three bullets.
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JOEY MILLAR
PUBLISHED: 06:51, Tue, Dec 15, 2015 | UPDATED: 08:07, Tue, Dec 15, 2015
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The SAS marksman took out five terrorists using just three bullets during the operation
The sharp-shooter took out three terrorists, at least two of whom were wearing explosive vests, as they made their way to carry out a suicide mission.
The unnamed veteran, who joined the SAS a decade ago, saved potentially hundreds of lives by unleashing three well-aimed shots from a distance of 800m.
The operation took place two weeks ago at a bomb factory around 10km outside the ISIS-occupied city of Mosul.
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A photo taken in ISIS-occupied Mosul, located near the operation, last year
The decision to open fire was given when three men were seen leaving the factory wearing heavy coats, despite the hot weather.
This was an attempt to hide their suicide vests as they made their way to attack civilians in a nearby town, an attack which could have killed a huge number of innocent men, women and children.
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A British soldier using a sniper during a mission
The sniper shot the first jihadi in the chest, detonating his explosive device and killing him instantly, along with two ISIS guards sat in a nearby car.
The second terrorist was killed with a headshot, as he and the third man tried desperately to get back into the locked factory.
The third jihadi also died when his explosive vest was set off by a third and final well-aimed shot from the colour sergeant.
An Army source said: “This was a classic SAS mission. The unit had been operating in the area for several weeks, mainly working as spotters for air strikes and gathering intelligence.
“About three weeks ago the intelligence guys got information that a bomb factory had been set up in a nearby village.
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The targets were taken out from a distance of 800m
The unit was sent in to see if they could identify the house and the bombers.
“There were too many civilian homes nearby and children were often around so an airstrike was out of the question.
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A British Army sniper in action
With just three well-aimed shots that single team has probably saved the lives of hundreds of innocent people
Army source
“Instead, the SAS commander in Iraq decided to use a sniper team and the operation was a complete success.
“With just three well-aimed shots that single team has probably saved the lives of hundreds of innocent people.”
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