SAS sniper takes Daesh commander's head off while giving beheading lessons

International Business Times ^ | 14 February 2016 | William Watkinson

[Lorianne]

A British SAS sniper took an Islamic State (Isis) commander's head clean off as he taught jihadi recruits how to behead captives, according to reports. The marksman fired from over a kilometre away (1,000 metres) to land the shot.

The IS (Daesh) fighter was reported to be in the middle of a drill teaching new soldiers how to execute captives, according to the Daily Express. Some 20 new terror recruits were watching as the fatal bullet struck.

The soldier was operating in the northern Syria a fortnight ago and was using a .338 rifle with tumbling ammo that can cause a huge hole in the body on impact. The sniper had assistance from 12 fellow SAS soldiers, who managed to sneak into a jihadi compound before the shot was fired.

One military insider said: "One minute he was standing there and the next his head had exploded. The commander remained standing upright for a couple of seconds before collapsing and that's when panic set in. We later heard most of the recruits deserted. We got rid of 21 terrorists with one bullet."

[Baynative]

Best caption of the day! I’m LOLing out loud.

[r_barton]

Good shooting. It’s a start.

[The Great RJ]

Good start and hats off to the SAS. However it will take more than this to stop ISIS. Carpet bombing their territory would be a good followup

[Dog]

Shot.......Score!!!

[PIF]

Sort of like poor Musfasta - one second he was firing his AT missile at a T-90 is Syria and 2 seconds later the rallying cry was heard, “Musfasta is dead!”

[dfwgator]

Hey man, nice shot.

[twister881]

Excellent kill, but one question, please: From that range, would the sniper be aiming for a head shot on a standing, animated target, or for a center of mass shot? Was he perhaps aiming for lower, but instead achieved the stated result?

[Pilgrim's Progress]

PULL!

[Mr. Lucky]

Because he actually exists?

[hal ogen]

But...you mean their ROE don’t require dropping explanatory phamplets first? How uncivilized and mean-spirited.

[Dog]

There have been stories of this sniper being very active of late.

[Oldexpat]

What is this?

[mad_as_he$$]

Thank you! The press is so stupid.

[rktman]

WHAT! You mean there weren’t any snipers in Bosnia? And, if there were, how in the hell do you miss a target that YUGE?

[Pilgrim's Progress]

I’m anticipating the Korean animated version of this incident. They do beautiful work!

[MEG33]

Great story.

[Madame Dufarge]

Oops.

[mad_as_he$$]

Like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBjZki8W45c

[PIF]

the .388 laupa sniper version I think

[libstripper]

The bullet probably tumbled once it entered the subhuman’s head. The nose decelerates first while the tail tries to keep going at the original velocity; hence, the tumbling.