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Women In Special Reconnaissance Regiment Fight ISIS

Two British women soldiers of the Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR) fighting alongside the Special Air Service (SAS) of the British Army against ISIS in Iraq, were involved in a shoot-out with terrorists. The women in their 20s were recently “compromised” at a checkpoint while engaged in clandestine operations with anti-ISIS sympathizers. The pair of elite women soldiers of the SRR are fluent in Arabic and specialize in surveillance and intelligence gathering operations alongside the special forces. The Daily Star reports: The women are with the Army Defence Human Intelligence Unit and run agents in Iraq and Syria. They have been in the war-torn region for months and have established a network of spies inside Isis. Many are local women who have agreed to report on the terrorists after meeting the two British soldiers. Intelligence supplied by them has helped British, US and French forces to target the group’s leaders in air strikes by drones and jets. The female soldiers have taken huge risks to develop contacts who they hope will help turn the war against the militants. Two weeks ago the pair were involved in a shoot-out with Isis terrorists after they were “compromised” during a mission. Their team had arranged [...]