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Hero SAS sniper saves father and eight-year-old son from being beheaded by ISIS maniac
The brave British marksman saved the terrified eight-year-old and his father after taking out the crazed jihadi with a head shot from 1,000 metres away.
The special forces crack shot then killed two other members of the hated terror group, who were also taking part in the sick planned execution.
ISIS militants had decreed that the little boy and his father must die after branding them "infidels" because they refused to denounce their faith.
They were just seconds from death when the hero sniper intervened to stop the barbaric killing in the Syrian desert. The pair were part of the minority Shia sect of Islam which ISIS considers to be heretical.
I want to believe this story to be true, but I'm seeing "this" which makes me wonder if it is all a fairy tale?
Isis: Military expert questions story about SAS sniper who saved man and child from death squad
A story about a "hero" SAS sniper who reportedly killed a member of an Islamic State (Isis) death squad as he moved to behead Syrian villagers is an "easy sell" to the British public, according to a military expert.
"Such stories don't require corroboration to have their desired effect on the readership of such publications," a spokesman for a UK military think tank told IBTimes UK on the condition of anonymity.
The spokesman made the comments anonymously because he was not in a position to discuss the UK's operations in Syria.
While he was not in a position to ascertain the accuracy of the report, which appeared in The Daily Star and Express attributed to an anonymous SAS source, the expert suggested its authenticity is almost irrelevant. After speaking with the source, identified as a member of Britain's Special Forces, The Daily Star originally reported on Monday 10 August that the SAS sniper shot dead IS executioners in something akin to a scene from an action film.
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The brave British marksman saved the terrified eight-year-old and his father after taking out the crazed jihadi with a head shot from 1,000 metres away.
The special forces crack shot then killed two other members of the hated terror group, who were also taking part in the sick planned execution.
ISIS militants had decreed that the little boy and his father must die after branding them "infidels" because they refused to denounce their faith.
They were just seconds from death when the hero sniper intervened to stop the barbaric killing in the Syrian desert. The pair were part of the minority Shia sect of Islam which ISIS considers to be heretical.
I want to believe this story to be true, but I'm seeing "this" which makes me wonder if it is all a fairy tale?
Isis: Military expert questions story about SAS sniper who saved man and child from death squad
A story about a "hero" SAS sniper who reportedly killed a member of an Islamic State (Isis) death squad as he moved to behead Syrian villagers is an "easy sell" to the British public, according to a military expert.
"Such stories don't require corroboration to have their desired effect on the readership of such publications," a spokesman for a UK military think tank told IBTimes UK on the condition of anonymity.
The spokesman made the comments anonymously because he was not in a position to discuss the UK's operations in Syria.
While he was not in a position to ascertain the accuracy of the report, which appeared in The Daily Star and Express attributed to an anonymous SAS source, the expert suggested its authenticity is almost irrelevant. After speaking with the source, identified as a member of Britain's Special Forces, The Daily Star originally reported on Monday 10 August that the SAS sniper shot dead IS executioners in something akin to a scene from an action film.
Opinions?
