At last some bloody good news - Received this today - It is a very readable synopsis of the British SAS in Afghanistan Daring night-time “Quad Squad†Raids by UK Special Forces Leave 200 Enemy Dead in Just 4 Weeks SAS troops with sniper rifles and heavy machine guns have killed over 200 Islamic State extremists in a series of deadly quad-bike ambushes inside Iraq. In daring nightime raids The British Special Air Services (SAS) “Quad Squads†kill up to 8 jihadis each day for the past 4 weeks. Using Chinook helicopters to drop highly trained snipers on quad-bikes deep into enemy territory, the SAS snipers sneak in silently and leave their enemy “lying dead on the ground†without anyone knowing what happened. The numbers may not be high, but the strategy is leaving the IS in a state of terror as allies prepare to wipe them off the map. STRATEGY In preparation for the attacks, SAS commanders listen to secret enemy communication intercepts and study hours of landscape footage of potential target sites recorded by drones. Once the targets have been identified, the soldiers gather to receive their classified orders. They then climb aboard a fleet of Chinook helicopters and leave their secret base with the quad bikes already loaded in the cargo hold. Each quad bike four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle is equipped with frame-mounted machine guns, general-purpose machine guns, and of course, sniper rifles. The helicopter engines are so loud, the Chinooks take the SAS soldiers to a drop off point as far as 50 miles from the target to avoid detection. The snipers then head across the desert seeking out IS units and attacking the terrorists using the element of surprise under the cover of darkness. An SAS source said: “Our tactics are putting the fear of God into IS as they don’t know where we’re going to strike next and there’s frankly nothing they can do to stop us.†Defense sources indicated last night that “soldiers from the elite fighting unit have eliminated ‘more than 50 terrorists each week’ in the daring raids carried out over the past month. “We’re degrading their morale.†said one soldier. “They can run and hide if they see planes in the sky but they can’t see or hear us. Using so many snipers takes the fear factor to another level too; “the terrorists don’t know what’s happening. They just see their colleagues lying dead in the sand.†The SAS’s nighttime guerrilla raids are targeting IS’s main supply depots and vehicle checkpoints the IS terrorists use to extort money or kidnap travelers. Middle East military analysts question the UK’s strategy to defeat IS. The Quad-Squad may not defeat the IS on their own, but you can be certain that they are taking their toll, not only in soldiers, but by leaving the survivors in a state of fear that is sure to diminish their military prowess!
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 03:54:27 +0000
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