Posted on 11/30/2014 8:24:12 PM PST by robowombat
WHO DARES WINS: SAS “QUAD SQUAD” Kills 200 Terrorists in Secret Night Time Sniper Attacks November 23, 2014 By Bill Chandler
Daring night-time “Quad Squad” Raids by UK Special Forces Leave 200 Enemy Dead in Just Four 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 four weeks. Using Chinook helicopters to drop highly trained snipers on quad-bike deep into enemy territory, the SAS snipers sneak in silently and leave their enemy “laying 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 then 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 fifty 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!
Better not to know about these guys.
WAIT...
WHAT??
I thought no NATO troops were to be used in Combat operations??
Isn’t that considered “boots on the ground”?? Or has the Obamunist Ministry of Truth changed the definition of that one, yet again?
Yes - the quads are dirt-bikes with four wheels. Obviously not the load ones tearing around at the gravel pit!
I heard on the radio the news just the other day of Seal Team 6 and a foreign team (some North African country iirc) that held a raid and rescued a bunch of hostages and killed 7 terrorists. No wounded good guys. I haven’t heard any more. But I thought too myself “I wonder what it would be like to be THAT awesome!?”
Although that guy on Seal Team 6 that said he killed Bin Laden quit because he had lost the fear factor. He said he was getting too cocky, and knew that was dangerous.
Google “SAS quad cycle” then click “images” link
I just did that search and noticed there was a great variety of vehicles shown. Some look just like a Honda 4-wheeler Daddy had.
Others look a bit like a dune buggy. I think the one the 3 year old was peddling was not the one tho.
“I think the one the 3 year old was peddling was not the one tho.”
Well - it probably is the quietest of the bunch!
Found the news on that recent raid. It was in Yemen with some of their guys along. 8 rescued. An American and four others had been moved to another location just a few days earlier - so we didn’t get our guy out. Yet.
The first few photos of military dress ATVs, particularly the one w the sniper, fit the bill.
As Westerners, it is terrible we feel the need to talk about tactics. Vanity is our downfall. I wish we could STFU.
Why are they reporting this sh*t? You don’t see Delta or SEALS guys boasting of how many kills they do in a day.
I agree. Terrorists can read and I am sure they will bet tipped off on the radio communications intercepts.
The SAS is very secret, this news might be serving some purpose, and doing no real harm.
My thought as well. 8<)
Why do terrorists use terror? Because they are cowards at heart and know it would work on them, just as it worked on their forefathers who bequeathed them their cowardly genes. So rock on, SAS boys!
Congrats to SAS guys!
Absolutely AWESOME story!
That country needs to turn its SAS loose on the problem, before there isn't a Britain left to save.
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
I had the same thought.
Anyone know why I’m reminded of Shostakovich’s 5th sympth, 3rd movement... (ignoring the plagiarism factor.)
Whack ‘em, then stack ‘em .........
Good work - and courageous; there aren’t too many good places to hide over there that the locals aren’t observing.
Reminds me of the work of the late Robert Rogers against the French and Indians a while ago.
The risky tactic would be even more effective if the teams were used to target for air/loitering weapons/artillery.
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