3 Pasukan Khusus Inggris Terluka Dalam Benterokan Melawan Negara Islam

Eramuslim – Tiga orang pasukan khusus Inggris dilaporkan terluka dalam sebuah operasi rahasia yang menargetkan petinggi Negara Islam di dekat kota Mosul, Irak, seperti dilansir surat kabar Miror dalam terbitannya hari Sabtu (06/02) kamarin.

Dari informasi yang diperoleh surat kabar Miror Inggris menyatakan bahwa 3 prajurit yang terluka berasal dari unit khusus SAS dan SBS milik militer Inggris, dalam sebuah operasi rahasia gabungan yang terdiri dari 25 anggota pasukan khusus berbagai negara.

MUSCAT, OMAN - SEPTEMBER 27: Cpt. Andy Goodal, 29, from Scarbourough, UK, aims his gun in section attack drills, on the ranges close to South Camp in Oman, 27 September 2001. The Regiment is part of Exercise Saif Sareea II or Swift Sword II, a bi-lateral military Omani and British forces wargames in northern Oman. More than 23.000 British soldiers, sailors and airmen take part in the operation, codenamed Swift Sword II, in what has been as the biggest deployment of British troops on exercise since the mid-1980s. On the ground, almost 10.000 elite troops have been deployed in Oman with armoured support, including Challenger tanks, Special Air Services (SAS) and Special Boat Services (SBS) commandos. (Photo credit should read PETE BRISTO/AFP/Getty Images)
MUSCAT, OMAN – SEPTEMBER 27: Cpt. Andy Goodal, 29, from Scarbourough, UK, aims his gun in section attack drills, on the ranges close to South Camp in Oman, 27 September 2001. The Regiment is part of Exercise Saif Sareea II or Swift Sword II, a bi-lateral military Omani and British forces wargames in northern Oman. More than 23.000 British soldiers, sailors and airmen take part in the operation, codenamed Swift Sword II, in what has been as the biggest deployment of British troops on exercise since the mid-1980s. On the ground, almost 10.000 elite troops have been deployed in Oman with armoured support, including Challenger tanks, Special Air Services (SAS) and Special Boat Services (SBS) commandos. (Photo credit should read PETE BRISTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Pasukan gabungan koalisi internasional disergap 16 km sebelah selatan bandara Mosul, di mana sebanyak 30 milisi bersenjata Negara Islam dengan menggunakan kendaraan Humvee menembaki pasukan gabungan tersebut.

Sebanyak 3 orang pasukan khusus koalisi internasional terluka dan 30 milisi Negara Islam tewas dalam benterokan yang berlangsung sekitar 15menit tersebut.

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