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SAS HIT LIST

British special forces in Iraq issued with ‘kill or capture’ list of 200 British jihadis fighting with ISIS

It has been reported the SAS is under orders to target UK terrorist suspects using intelligence from MI6, MI5 and GCHQ

BRITISH special forces in Iraq have a "kill or capture" list with the names of 200 British terrorists aiding ISIS.

SAS members are said to be under orders to target specific people using information from MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.

 British SAS forces are said to have been given a hit list of UK terrorist targets in Iraq
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British SAS forces are said to have been given a hit list of UK terrorist targets in IraqCredit: PA:Press Association
 Those captured will be handed over to the Iraq authorities and face trial, with the possible outcome of execution
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Those captured will be handed over to the Iraq authorities and face trial, with the possible outcome of executionCredit: AP:Associated Press

There are fears that those currently fighting with ISIS as British jihadis could return to the UK and establish terror cells.

Sources say those who have been fighting with the terrorist organisation for years would be more than capable of orchestrating "Paris-style attacks"; in Britain.

So forces in Iraq have been told, , to target UK terrorist suspects.

Those captured will face trial through the Iraq legal system, and could be executed if found guilty.

Up to 100 special forces soldiers are thought to be in Iraq and Syria.

In collaboration with the US, they are understood to have orders to hunt and kill as many foreign fighters as possible.

One senior defence source told the newspaper: “A kill list has been drawn up containing the names of hundreds of very bad people. A lot of them are from the UK. The hunt is now on for British Islamists who have effectively gone off-grid.

“This is a multinational special forces operation. The SAS have their own part of the plan and they will be going after British nationals. This is a kill or capture mission and it has already begun."

Dozens of British nationals are believed to have made the move to Iraq or Syria to join forces with ISIS.

 A much anticipated Mosul offensive to liberate the city from IS began midnight of 16th of October
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A much anticipated Mosul offensive to liberate the city from IS began midnight of 16th of OctoberCredit: Getty Images

Last month the grandad of jihadi boy JoJo Jones, filmed in ISIS executions, says he is a lost soul and will not be back.

Terry Lynch admits he is riddled with guilt after the 11-year-old fell into the terror group’s clutches.

The youngster's mother, Sally Jones, converted after meeting Islamic hacker Junaid Hussain, whom she married. He was killed in an US air strike last year.

In September Prime Minister Theresa May warned world leaders to step up the fight to contain ISIS fighters to stop them taking on Africa next.

MI6 have detected hundreds of fanatical troops moving south into already troubled sub-Saharan countries.


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