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SAS Sniper Kills IS Executioner Before He Can Behead 8-Year-Old Boy
2015-08-11
[Free Bacon] A British sniper from the elite SAS saved an 8-year-old boy and his father from an Islamic State executioner by shooting the executioner in the head last month.

The SAS sniper team was reportedly tipped off to the execution in the Syrian desert by an Iraqi spy. When they arrived, they found that several Shia Muslims had already been beheaded by their captors. The IS (commonly referred to as ISIS) executioner, flanked on both sides by armed companions, was preparing to kill a young boy and his father next when the SAS team deployed its .50-caliber silenced sniper rifle.

"The ISIS thug who was about to decapitate the father was shot in the head and collapsed," an unnamed source told the Daily Star. "Everyone just stared in confusion."

"The sniper then dispatched the two henchmen with single shots--three kills with three bullets."

The young boy and his father were last spotted heading to the Turkish border as the Syrian town they were evacuating celebrated the killing of the IS fighters.
Rifle in photo likely a .338 Lapua Magnum chambered L115A AWM, not a .50-cal silenced rifle.
Posted by:Besoeker

#15  There are a few decent pictures of the aftermath of a .50 hit on someone at Google images. Warning, not for the faint of heart.
Posted by: Ebbart Glererong5900   2015-08-11 20:32  

#14  I've read many accounts from WWII about what happens when a 50 cal hits a limb. Basically severs it.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2015-08-11 16:08  

#13  A legend born of the Vietnam War MR. A misunderstanding tuned into urban legend.
Posted by: Shipman   2015-08-11 16:05  

#12  Didn't know the .50's could be used on 'personnel'. Thought the .50 ROE was only for vehicles and such, or maybe that's just for the 'mericans.

Not sayin' that the gentleman wasn't correct in implementing the utilization, though.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2015-08-11 16:02  

#11  Alan, don't forget Christians.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2015-08-11 14:55  

#10  RiV, don't I know it. That sums up the attitude of our current regime to a tee. The only folks you can be mean too are Republicans and Juice (of the wrong kind).
Posted by: AlanC   2015-08-11 13:50  

#9  Free ?Bacon?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2015-08-11 12:42  

#8  Good shooting.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-08-11 09:51  

#7  Alan, see, the problem is that current SAS guys are too mean. Really, killing three unarmed men who were just practicing their religion is beyond the pale.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2015-08-11 09:28  

#6  P2k, Now that's profound right there.

And this is the group that the luvvies of the Brit progressive elite want to emasculate. SMH
Posted by: AlanC   2015-08-11 08:05  

#5  If God was going to talk to flatworms, how would he do it in a manner the worms would understand?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-08-11 05:56  

#4  Might have been a few pints raised back at the Squadron, and rightfully so.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-08-11 05:01  

#3  I guess standing next to someone whose head had just exploded for no apparent reason might well give rise to a bit of confusion.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2015-08-11 03:19  

#2  A British sniper from the elite SAS
Bet these guys didn't get extra water breaks...
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-08-11 03:06  

#1  Good shooting. Mahmoud? Ewww!
Posted by: Steven   2015-08-11 01:36  

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