SAS troops
with sniper rifles and heavy machine guns have killed hundreds of
Islamic State extremists in a series of deadly quad-bike ambushes inside
Iraq, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Defence
sources indicated last night that soldiers from the elite fighting unit
have eliminated ‘up to eight terrorists per day’ in the daring raids,
carried out during the past four weeks.
Until
now, it had been acknowledged only that the SAS was operating in a
reconnaissance role in Iraq and was not involved in combat. But The Mail
on Sunday has learned that small groups of soldiers are being dropped
into IS territory in RAF Chinook helicopters – to take on the enemy.
SAS troops
with sniper rifles and heavy machine guns have killed hundreds of
Islamic State extremists in a series of deadly quad-bike ambushes inside
Iraq, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Defence
sources indicated last night that soldiers from the elite fighting unit
have eliminated ‘up to eight terrorists per day’ in the daring raids,
carried out during the past four weeks.
Until
now, it had been acknowledged only that the SAS was operating in a
reconnaissance role in Iraq and was not involved in combat. But The Mail
on Sunday has learned that small groups of soldiers are being dropped
into IS territory in RAF Chinook helicopters – to take on the enemy.
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