The three places in Sirte where a sniper has *allegedly* shot men of the Islamic state in the last 10 days pic.twitter.com/LWEUPzXVxF
— Daniele Raineri (@DanieleRaineri) January 26, 2016
The Telegraph: Is a secret sniper killing off Isil's high command in Libya?
Mystery gunman credited with shooting three of the terror group's leaders in their new "Caliphate" in Colonel Gaddafi's home city of Sirte
As befits all the best practitioners of his shadowy trade, no-one is quite sure whether he is one man or many, or even simply an urban legend.
But after a string of assassinations of its local henchmen, the Islamic State's new "Caliphate" in the Libyan city of Sirte is abuzz with talk that an anti-Isil sniper is at work.
In recent weeks, no fewer than three Isil commanders in Sirte have been shot dead from long range, according to local media.
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WNU Editor: This sounds more like a special ops mission with the objective being to get rid of top ISIS commanders and leaders. The question that needs to be asked is .... who is ordering these "hits"?
I'm confident that it's NOT under US control. Current (announced) US ROE would most definitely proscribe these operations. If it's not indigenous militia, it's most likely Russians. Or Iranians.
ReplyDelete/they bought up a quantity of high end sniper rifles some years back
Didnt you report the likleyhood of a british sas mission ipcomming in libya
ReplyDeleteMy money is on a sas hunter killer team
There are at least 6 "different" SOF teams running around Lybia, two British, one French, one Italian and 2 American.
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