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UK special forces will go undercover to infiltrate Calais people smuggling gangs: 30 elite reconnaissance soldiers will disguise themselves as migrants in bid to take down ruthless traffickers
2021-11-29
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • A team of up to 30 elite troops from the Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR) is set to be offered to French authorities to tackle the ongoing migrant crisisThe regiment specialises in aggressive surveillance and has worked with MI5

  • At least 27 migrants drowned in the deadliest-ever Channel crossing this week

  • Boris Johnson has offered France 'hundreds of boots on the ground' to help
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Special Reconnaissance Regiment: 2013-05-20 SAS Troops Capture Taliban Commander
Special Reconnaissance Regiment: 2009-03-08 Two soldiers killed in gun attack on Antrim Army base in Northern Ireland
Posted by:Skidmark

#7  Would this be more of an MI6 job? Or are they too busy covering their tracks now that the dossier has exploded?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-11-29 19:50  

#6  
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-11-29 18:06  

#5  An undercover press release. Must have been to the FBI management seminar.
Posted by: ed in texas   2021-11-29 15:57  

#4  Secret Nuclear Bunker - Museum in Nantwich
Iodine Pills Anyone?
Posted by: Bill Thrinter9574   2021-11-29 14:13  

#3  Or it's just a feint, keeping the traffickers' anxiety levels sky high for the cost of 'words only'.

Or not.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2021-11-29 13:15  

#2  Good to see you EC.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-11-29 07:53  

#1  Certainly a great idea to announce it. Reminds me of the sign "secret nuclear bunker".
Posted by: European Conservative   2021-11-29 07:51  

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