Fearless special forces troops donned the full-length Islamic dress to sneak undetected through the terrorists’ de facto capital Raqqa and take down the terrorist commander.
The eight-man SAS squad also eliminated several jihadi fighters after lifting up their burkas and opening fire on the stunned militants, who had no time to hide from the hail of bullets.
The group posed as the wives of ISIS chiefs by covering themselves from head-to-toe in the traditional black robes, managing to blag their way through to the group’s headquarters.
They were driven through the town in a Toyota pick-up truck - the make favoured by jihadi murderers - with the help of local Syrians working with the secret service to help bring down ISIS.
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The SAS are becoming increasingly active in Syria
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The squad disguised themselves as ISIS commanders' wives to infiltrate the town
The elite troopers even managed to hide assault weapons, grenades and ammo beneath their roomy ankle-length gowns in case they encountered armed resistance from Islamist militants.
After making their way through the town they located the house of a senior terrorist chief and used a transmitted to relay its location and coordinates to a US Air Force AWAC mission control aircraft circling thousands of feet above.
The American spy plane then passed the information onto a US Reaper drone, which seconds later fired a Hellfire missile into the building, vaporising the ISIS commander and several of his henchmen.
When jihadi militants heard the explosion they rushed onto the streets and discovered the burka-clad troopers, who took down several jihadis during a fierce gun battle as they fought their way to safety.
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The SAS troopers communicated with the US air force, which took down the jihadi commander
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The SAS have been involved in a number of daring operations against ISIS fanatics
The SAS jumped out of the vehicle, lifted up their burkas and opened fire. It must have been a massive shock to the gunmen
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A source told the Daily Star on Sunday: “The SAS team were moving back to their vehicles after the missile had struck when the town went into lockdown.
“Gunmen were on the streets stopping everyone, lining people up against the walls and threatening to kill anyone who had helped the ‘spies’.
“The attack took place in the early evening, about an hour before curfew, so there were still quite a few people around.
“Just as the British soldiers were getting back into a minivan several gunmen ordered them to stop. The troopers ignored the warnings and were about to drive off when the jihadis opened fire.
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Special forces are now hunting down Siddartha Dhar, known as Jihadi Sid
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The latest daring raid took place near the ISIS headquarters in Raqqa where Jihadi John was killed
They added: “The SAS jumped out of the vehicle, lifted up their burkas and opened fire. It must have been a massive shock to the gunmen.
“One was killed instantly and two others ran off. The firefight gave the SAS just enough time to break contact with the Isis gunmen and escape.
“We later heard Isis fighters were putting rumours around the town saying the ‘infidels’ had sent women in burkas to fight instead of men.”
The daring mission took place three weeks ago at the terrorist headquarters in Raqqa, where infamous British murderer Jihadi John was blown up in a drone strike.
Intelligence sources said the successful hit had taken out a prized jihadi commander and was a “severe blow” to the terrorist group.
The SAS have conducted dozens of operations in Iraq and Syria in recent months as Britain and America step up their bid to wipe out the evil Islamists.
Their top target is now said to be Siddhartha Dhar, the 32-year-old Londoner who was unmasked as the terrorists’ latest executioner in a sick video showing the murder of Syrians accused of spying for Britain.
The fight against ISIS
Tue, January 12, 2016
The battle against ISIS militants (also abbreviated as Daesh, ISIL, IS and Islamic State) continues in the Middle East, as Iraq forces retake control of the city of Ramadi

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Members of the Iraqi government forces battle with Islamic State east of Ramadi [Getty Images]

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A member of the Iraqi goverrnment gets ready to aim a missile [Getty Images]

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Members of the Iraqi government forces clear buildings east of Ramadi after the took over forcing Daesh out [Getty Images]

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Members of the Iraqi government forces battle with Islamic State group fighters east of Ramadi [Getty Images]

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Members of the Iraqi government forces battle with Islamic State group fighters east of Ramadi [Getty Images]

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Members of the Iraqi government forces clear buildings east of Ramadi after the took over forcing Daesh out [Getty Images]

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Members of the Iraqi government forces battle with Islamic State group fighters east of Ramadi - Members of the Iraqi govern [Getty Images]

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Iraqi security forces raise an Iraqi flag as they retake control of the city of Ramadi from Islamic State [AP]

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Iraqi security forces chant slogans in the city of Ramadi as they celebrate liberating the city from so called ISIS [REUTERS]

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Iraqi Security forces with national flag enter downtown Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq [AP]

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Islamic State fighters are putting up a tough fight in the militant-held city of Ramadi, slowing down the advance of Iraqi forces [AP]

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A member of Iraq's elite counter-terrorism service flashes the V for victory sign the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, about 110 kilometers west of Baghdad, during military operations conducted by Iraqi pro-government forces against the Islamic State (IS [AFP/Getty Images]

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Members of Iraq's elite counter-terrorism service secure the Hoz neighbourhood in central Ramadi [AFP/Getty Images]

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Iraqi security forces enter heavy damaged downtown Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, Ira [AP]

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Iraqi security forces walk in the city of Ramadi [REUTERS]

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Smoke rises from a building in the city of Ramadi [REUTERS]

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A member from the Iraqi security forces holds an Iraqi flag in the city of Ramadi [REUTERS]

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An Iraqi soldier holds a national flag near the provincial council building in central Ramadi [AP]

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Smoke rises following a U.S led coalition airstrike during a military operation to regain control of the Tamim district in southern Ramadi [AP]

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Smoke rises following a U.S led coalition airstrike during a military operation to regain control of the Tamim district in southern Ramadi [AP]

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Iraqi security forces are seen after regaining control of the Tamim district in southern Ramadi [AP]

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An aerial view of smoke rising after airsrike carried out by a Russian warplane against so-called Islamic State [EPA]

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An aerial view of smoke rising after airsrike carried out by a Russian warplane against so-called Islamic State [EPA]

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Bombs dropped by a Russian warplane during an airstrike against a large concentration of terrorist Islamic State (ISIS or IS) military equipment in the forest area near the city of Idlib, Syria [EPA]

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Bombs dropped by a Russian warplane during an airstrike against a large concentration of terrorist Islamic State (ISIS or IS) military equipment in the forest area near the city of Idlib, Syria [EPA]

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An attack made from a Russian fighter jet in Syria targeting an ISIS ammunition depot [AP]

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A bomb explosion seen in Syria from a Russian fighter jet [AP]

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A Russian SU-24M jet fighter armed with laser guided bombs takes off from a runaway at Hmeimim airbase in Syria [AP]

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Stills from footage from Russian airstrikes targetting ISIS militants in Syria [REUTERS]

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Stills from footage from Russian airstrikes targetting ISIS militants in Syria [REUTERS]

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Stills from footage from Russian airstrikes targetting ISIS militants in Syria [REUTERS]

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Stills from footage from Russian airstrikes targetting ISIS militants in Syria [REUTERS]

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Strikes carried out by Russian warplanes located at the Syrian airfield Hmeymim against the international terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS or IS) in Syria [EPA]

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Strikes carried out by Russian warplanes located at the Syrian airfield Hmeymim against the international terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS or IS) in Syria [EPA]

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Aircrafts belonging to US Air Force arrive in Incirlik Base in Turkey's Adana as part of operations against ISIS [Getty Images]

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Aircrafts belonging to US Air Force arrive in Incirlik Base in Turkey's Adana as part of operations against ISIS [Getty Images]

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Soldiers attend a military ceremony at the end of the first part of the training of 375 Kurdish Peshmergas trained by U.S.-led coalition, foreign military specialists from USA, United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway and Netherlands, for fighting against ISIS [Getty Images]

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Soldiers attend a military ceremony at the end of the first part of the training of 375 Kurdish Peshmergas trained by U.S.-led coalition, foreign military specialists from USA, United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway and Netherlands, for fighting against ISIS [Getty Images]

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Iraqi Sunni fighters battling Islamic State group jihadists alongside government forces fire their weapons on the outskirts of Iraq's Baiji oil refinery [AFP/Getty Images]

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Volunteer Shiite fighters who support the Iraqi government forces in the combat against the ISIS, hold a black Islamic State flag allegedly belonging to IS militants in the village of Fadhiliyah, which pro-government forces retook from IS control [AFP/Getty Images]

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A Shiite Muslim fighter takes part in a final combat training near the city of Najaf before joining the government forces to fight Islamic State [AFP/Getty Images]

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Iraqi security forces and paramilitaries deploy in al-Nibaie area, north-west of Baghdad, during an operation aimed at cutting off Islamic State [AFP/Getty Images]

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Iraqi pro-government forces, including fighters from the Shiite Muslim Al-Abbas popular mobilisation unit, fire a rocket during an operation to retake the Baiji oil refinery from Islamic State [AFP/Getty Images]

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A Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet lands at the Incirlik 10th Tanker Base Command in Saricam district, Adana []

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Turkish authorities confirm that three of the country's F-16 fighter jets hit ISIS targets in Syria [Getty]

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Satellite image shows the blast after four guided bombs were dropped on two ISIS comman posts and an assembly point in Syria [Getty]

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Satellite image shows the blast after four guided bombs were dropped on two ISIS comman posts and an assembly point in Syria [Getty]

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Satellite image shows the blast after four guided bombs were dropped on two ISIS comman posts and an assembly point in Syria [Getty]

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Turkish authorities confirm that three of the country's F-16 fighter jets hit ISIS targets in Syria [Getty]

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Turkish authorities confirm that three of the country's F-16 fighter jets hit ISIS targets in Syria [Getty]

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Turkish authorities confirm that three of the country's F-16 fighter jets hit ISIS targets in Syria [Getty]

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Iraqi fighters from the Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigades) wave their weapons as they leave the holy city of Najaf in a convoy with the Iraqi government forces to head to the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit to continue the offensive against Islamic State [AFP/Getty Images]

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Fighters from the Iraqi Imam Ali Brigade, take part in a training exercise in Iraq's central city of Najaf ahead of joining the military operation in the fight against ISIS [AFP/Getty Images]

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A Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet lands at the Incirlik 10th Tanker Base Command in Saricam district, Adana [Getty]

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Shiite Muslim fighters take part in a last combat training near the city of Najaf before joining the government forces to fight Islamic State jihadists [AFP/Getty Images]

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The Aleppo headquarters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are seen in the northern city of Aleppo after fighters from several Syrian rebel brigades seized it [AFP/Getty Images]

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An opposition fighter guards a position in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo during ongoing clashes with fighters of the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) [AFP/Getty Images]

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Heavy smoke rises following an airstrike by the US-led coalition aircraft in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group [Getty Images]

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Iraq army forces and Peshmerga forces launch an US-led operation against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Sadiye town of Diyala, Iraq [Getty Images]

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Smoke rising from the Syrian border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) following the US-led coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) [Getty Images]

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A US-led coaliton plane flies above the Syrian border town of Kobani [Getty Images]

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Iraqi security guards detain four ISIS members in Iraq in October 2013 [Getty Images]

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Kurdish fighters in Syrian city of Kobani have pushed back Islamic State militants in a number of locations as U.S. air strikes on ISIS positions continue in and around the city [Getty Images]

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Kurdish fighters in Syrian city of Kobani have pushed back Islamic State militants in a number of locations as U.S. air strikes on ISIS positions continue in and around the city [Getty Images]

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A fighter of the Kurdish of the Committees for the Protection of the Kurdish People (YPG) holds a position in a trench in the Kurdish town of Derik [AFP/Getty Images]

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Kurdish soldiers with the Peshmerga keep guard near the frontline with Sunni militants on the outskirts of Kirkuk [Getty Images]

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Iraqi Shiite men who have volunteered to join government forces and militias in the fight against jihadists from the Islamic State group, take part in a training session in the central city of Hillah [AFP/Getty Images]

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Iraqi Shiite men who have volunteered to join government forces and militias in the fight against jihadists from the Islamic State [AFP/Getty Images]

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Smoke billows in Kobani, Syria following an airstrike by the US-led coalition during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of the Islamic State [Getty Images]

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Turkish Armed Forces dispatch tanks to the Turkish - Syrian border as clashes intensified with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militants [Getty Images]

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Smoke rising from the Syrian border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) following the US-led coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) [Getty Images]

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U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the airstrikes against ISIS in September 2014 [Getty Images]

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Lt. Gen. William C. Mayville Jr. speaks about the Syrian bombing campaign in Washington DC in September 2014 [Getty Images]

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A US-led coaliton plane flies above the Syrian border town of Kobani [Getty Images]

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A jihadist from the Islamic State group standing on the rubble of houses after a Syrian warplane was reportedly shot down by IS militants over the Syrian town of Raqa [AFP/Getty Images]

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A flag of the Islamic State is seen on the other side of a bridge at the frontline of fighting between Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Islamist militants in Rashad [AFP/Getty Images]

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An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter fires at Islamic-State (IS) militant positions, from his position on the top of Mount Zardak in the Middle East [AFP/Getty Images]

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An Iraqi militia fighter from Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigade), fires a mortar during heavy clashes with Islamic State [AFP/Getty Images]

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Peshmerga fighters' miltary vehicles are positioned at their post in the strategic Jalawla area, in Diyala province, which is a gateway to Baghdad, as battles with Islamic State (IS) jihadists continue [AFP/Getty Images]

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Kurdish Peshmergas bombing to area of Islamic State during the fight against IS militants to regain the control of the town of Celavle in Diyala province, Iraq [Getty Images]

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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters look on as smoke billows from the town Makhmur during clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants in August 2014 [AFP/Getty Images]

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Shiites volunteers, loyal to Muslim Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, take positions during a military advance in areas under the control of Islamic State [AFP/Getty Images]

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Shiite volunteers from the Iraqi Ketaeb Hezbollah, join the Iraqi army to fight against Jihadist militants of the Islamic State [AFP/Getty Images]

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Shiite Muslim volunteers from the Iraqi Ketaeb (brigade) Hezbollah, march as they join the Iraqi army to fight against jihadist militants of the Islamic State [AFP/Getty Images]

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Iraqi security guards patrol the area in Iraq after arresting 24 ISIS members [Getty Images]

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Kurdish police fortify a checkpoint at the entrance to the oil rich city of Ramlan, around which oil fields are located, in Syria's mainly Kurdish norteastern area on the border with Turkey and Iraq [AFP/Getty Images]

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A Syrian-Kurdish young woman practices for shooting during a training session organized by the Kurdish Defense Units [AFP/Getty Images]

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A Syrian-Kurdish young man practices for shooting during a training session organized by the Kurdish Defense Units [AFP/Getty Images]
Today sources said the elite force is likely to increase the tempo of operations further still after the disclosure that an extra 200 US special operations commandos arrived in Iraq last week.
The US troops will work closely with the SAS and SBS, the Royal Navy’s special forces regiment, to conduct missions against extremists inside both Syria and Iraq.
One source added: “The SAS will be sending more troops to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan now the Americans have increased their numbers.
“Their primary target is the individual who has been dubbed the new Jihadi John. He is at the top of the kill list.”