A lot of this stuff is be declassified now after years.
On this day in U.S. Army SOF history.....16 May 2015 – In Syria, near the city of Deiz Ez Zor, Army Delta Force and British SAS operators capture Abu Sayyaf and kill or capture 12 of his bodyguards.
Upon insertion at the objective, the commandos became embroiled in a fierce firefight. Delta reportedly used explosives to blow an entry wall through the target building's wall. Moving inside, they were engaged by fanatical IS jihadists. "There was close quarters, hand-to-hand combat," one U.S. official said. Officials also stated that IS fighters used women and children as human shields but were still neutralized without any harm coming to the civilians.
His wife was also captured after she pretended to be a sex slave.
SAS operators wore U.S. Army uniforms.
On this day in U.S. Army SOF history.....16 May 2015 – In Syria, near the city of Deiz Ez Zor, Army Delta Force and British SAS operators capture Abu Sayyaf and kill or capture 12 of his bodyguards.
Upon insertion at the objective, the commandos became embroiled in a fierce firefight. Delta reportedly used explosives to blow an entry wall through the target building's wall. Moving inside, they were engaged by fanatical IS jihadists. "There was close quarters, hand-to-hand combat," one U.S. official said. Officials also stated that IS fighters used women and children as human shields but were still neutralized without any harm coming to the civilians.
His wife was also captured after she pretended to be a sex slave.
SAS operators wore U.S. Army uniforms.
