Hero SAS dog saves the lives of six elite soldiers in Syria by ripping out jihadi's throat..

Daily Mail Company ^ | 04:41 EDT, 8 July 2018 | Updated: 10:19 EDT, 8 July 2018 | George Martin For Mailonline

[Texas Fossil]

• The dog had been out on patrol in northern Syria with a team of six crack troops 
• As the soldiers left their armoured convoy they were hit with a frenzied ambush
• A source said the unnamed Belgian Malinois took out three jihadis on its own 
• The SAS commander in charge credited the dog with saving all his men's lives

  An SAS team was saved after a brave military dog fought off a jihadi who attacked a patrol in northern Syria.

  The unnamed Belgian Malinois, a fierce breed of sheepdog known for its bravery, had been out on a routine patrol with a team of six crack soldiers from the SAS.

  They had just entered a small village in a convoy of armoured vehicles when they got out to continue the recce on foot.

  But soon after they left the safety of the convoy, they were attacked on all sides by waiting jihadis in what was described as a '360 degree ambush'. 

  The SAS men returned fire but the jihadis began closing in and tried to outflank them.

  The animal was said to have leapt to the defence of the struggling British soldiers, tearing the throat of on gunman who was firing at the patrol. 

  It then turned on two other jihadis, leaving them seriously injured before the other six ambushers all fled.

[Texas Fossil]

SAS have reputation for being very brave and effective soldiers.

Sounds like their dogs are just as fierce and effective.

Photos and video at link.

Worth the read.

SAS were used in other places in Syria. They were night dropped into the area of the assault on Tabqah dam. They assessed the area and were instrumental in a great success with an allied (SDF and US Spec Forces) helicopter assault early the next morning. ISIS damaged the turbines and control system, but did not blow up the dam. That was done weeks before the assault on Raqqa began.

[Texas Fossil]

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Hero SAS dog saves the lives of six elite soldiers in Syria by ripping out jihadi's throat while taking down three terrorists who ambushed British patrol

[Texas Fossil]

Syria Ping

[mylife]

That’s a good Poochie!

[SkyDancer]

Good doggie - steak for life. Also: read the book Suspect by Robert Crais. It’s about a bomb dog hurt in Afghanistan told from the dog’s point of view. Great read.

[Texas Fossil]

Bad A$$ Dog.

I bet those jihadi’s will never forget that.

They don’t like dogs anyway, but this one probably will never be forgotten.

[Professional]

No way!

I wanna hear more...

[Texas Fossil]

Thanks

[mylife]

I love dogs.

[Texas Fossil]

There is a video at the link. I did not watch it. This machine is limited as per use of java script. Protective measure.

[GnuThere]

Good for him. I love German Shepherds myself, but Malinois are really rock stars when it comes to police and military work.

[apocalypto]

What a dog!

[Texas Fossil]

Yes, Awesome.

[Texas Fossil]

He is really a big guy. I would not want him after me.

Evidently his training was very specialized.

[ASA Vet]

Same thing happened yesterday?

[TangoLimaSierra]

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[jospehm20]

Me too. Belgian Malinois dogs are very cool.

[Doogle]

Good Doggie......

[laplata]

I love dogs.

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[Innovative]

Great dog!