SAS soldiers 'blown up by ISIS fighters in Iraq'

The British, German and US special forces operation was part of the Coalition Joint Special Operations Task Force, according to reports. 

It was set up to spot weak areas in the warped death cult’s defences and hunt terrorist positions outside Mosul – which is operated by ISIS.

Troops reportedly wore local scarves and hid assault weapons on the floor of their pick-up trucks during the patrol.

But just 10 miles south of Mosul’s airport the savage fighters ambushed the British soldiers.

They fired at the troops with 50-calibre guns and even rocket-propelled grenades (RPG), according to the Mirror.

The evil jihadis shot at the soldiers from mounted machine gun positions on American-built Humvee vehicles, which were stolen from the Iraqi army.

A firefight broke out, reportedly forcing the special forces men to dive out of their cars and fire hundreds of rounds at the jihadi savages.

The Daesh militants were all killed in the 15-minute shootout, which also required an airstrike, according to sources.

An insider told the paper: "The enemy were up to 30 strong and heavily armed. An air strike was needed to resolve it.”

The wounded soldiers – who were hit by RPG shrapnel – are said to have been treated on the ground before being airlifted and evacuated to Britain.

The three men are apparently at a British medical facility recovering from their "fragmentation” injuries.

Sources said the men had a "very lucky escape” although their injuries are "unlikely to be life-changing”.

Hundreds of British troops are officially on the ground in Iraq to train security forces.

But they are reportedly secretly hunting down depraved ISIS militants in Iraq and Syria.

However UK officials are reluctant to publicly acknowledge the injuries to the troops because it would confirm British forces are fighting the evil terror regime on the ground.

The insider said: "They’ll hide behind the claim they can’t comment on special forces operations but this is to avoid acknowledging Britain is at war.

"Publicly to acknowledge these heroic men were injured would be to admit the battle took place and they cannot do that because it is all being done off the radar.

"Politically no one has an appetite for open war against ISIS so it’s done in secret.”Britain has more than 200 special force soldiers in Iraq who operated on what is known as ‘Operation Shader’ – but commanders refused to confirm the number of troops deployed, accodring to insiders. 

They have been operating out of a heavily fortified inner base within a Peshmerga camp, south west of Mosul.

The covert troops use civilian vehicles – which they fit with special markers for Coalition aircraft to identify – and wear jeans or local Arab dress to avoid attention.

The Ministry of Defence said in a statement: "We do not comment on special forces operations.”

(dailystar.co.uk)