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SAS deploy 'mannequin army' of shop dummies to lure ISIS jihadis into ambush
The London Daily Express ^
| October 4, 2015
| Marco Giannangeli
Posted on 10/08/2015 11:43:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
BRITISH Special Forces have used a mannequin army of shop dummies to lure dozens of Islamic State (ISIS) fighters into an ambush in eastern Syria, military sources have revealed.
The operation targeted an ISIS unit that had been making repeated strikes on Kurdish Peshmerga forces.
The top-secret mission took place two weeks ago near the town of Bussayrah, close to the Euphrates River, and involved a joint force of UK and American troops.
At least a dozen shop mannequins were dressed in Kurdish combat uniforms before being flown in by members of the SAS.
Some were posed holding weapons, as if on lookout, while others were arranged to look like they were sleeping or talking....
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Religion
KEYWORDS: army; britain; isil; isis
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Should pose them as Christian women. The Muzzies would line up to rape them.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Ibtbsr
(In before the Blazing Saddles references)
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posted on
10/08/2015 11:54:12 PM PDT
by
To Hell With Poverty
(All freedom must be transported in bottles of 3 oz or less. - Freeper relictele)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Post at link:
“If they run out of dummies they should try goats.”
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
10/08/2015 11:58:34 PM PDT
by
stormer
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Shades of "Rupert".
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posted on
10/08/2015 11:59:07 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Twilight Zone or Outer Limits?
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posted on
10/09/2015 12:14:35 AM PDT
by
wbarmy
(I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
How successful were they?
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posted on
10/09/2015 12:36:11 AM PDT
by
Mark17
(Heaven, where the only thing there that's been made by man are the scars in the hands of Jesus)
To: TigerClaws
Naw....not women....goats!
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posted on
10/09/2015 12:37:37 AM PDT
by
Cold Heat
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Seems legit.
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posted on
10/09/2015 1:15:22 AM PDT
by
Rodamala
Shostakovich’s 5 symphony, 3rd movement....
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posted on
10/09/2015 1:19:20 AM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: stormer
Ah yes! “Beau Geste” the brothers at Fort Zinderneuf. Great film. Propping up the dead to fool the Arabs
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posted on
10/09/2015 2:06:19 AM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: To Hell With Poverty
Do you suppose they put in a toll booth to delay the bad guys?
To: TigerClaws
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posted on
10/09/2015 3:11:51 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"...and involved a joint force of UK and American troops."
There are American boot on the ground in Syria?
Does Obozo know this?
(Does the Amerikan media know this?)
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posted on
10/09/2015 3:34:24 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: dfwgator
The picture is from the Longest Day, I,d say.
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posted on
10/09/2015 3:43:12 AM PDT
by
Chgogal
(Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
To: stormer
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posted on
10/09/2015 5:06:57 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: stormer
That’s the movie I was thinking about.
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posted on
10/09/2015 5:34:23 AM PDT
by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why tell the world how they did it? Really, even in a free society, some things should be kept secret.
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posted on
10/09/2015 5:56:52 AM PDT
by
Chicory
To: To Hell With Poverty
Ibtbsr
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posted on
10/09/2015 6:01:53 AM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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