Operation Hellfire: Dramatic moment RAF pilots use drone-controlled single missile to stop ISIS public execution 2,000 miles away as it's revealed secret strikes in Iraq and Syria have stopped terror attacks on British soil

Secret strikes by RAF warplanes against jihadists in Iraq and Syria have stopped a series of home-grown terror attacks, a top commander reveals today.
Air Commodore Johnny Stringer admitted British citizens had also been killed in the missions against Islamic State strongholds.
The extremist group has a special unit dedicated to mounting atrocities in the UK and Europe, he said.

But in the latest phase of the mission to crush IS, he said RAF jets and drones were forcing the jihadis on to the back foot, saying: 'We... have helped stop potential attacks in the UK.'
He revealed the UK had taken out Britons to stop specific attacks, adding: 'By dint of their activity, by being members of Daesh and frankly engaging the people we are here to protect, they (British citizens) become valid military targets and that's the way we look at it.'
Speaking from Al Udeid base in Qatar, where air operations against IS are controlled, Air Cmdre Stringer added: 'These people know we can find them wherever they try to hide.' The Britons that have been killed were not targeted because of their citizenship, but due to the threat they posed, the officer said.

He added that if UK jihadists were planning attacks on home soil they would be taken out irrespective of their nationality. He would not say how many British citizens have been killed as a result of the strikes.
The Mail first revealed Britons were being killed in secret RAF strikes in February. But today's revelations are the first official confirmation by a senior officer. David Cameron caused a furore in September 2015 when he revealed that three British jihadists had been killed in Syria by a drone strike – without the approval of MPs.
In total, MI5 has thwarted 19 attacks in Britain in the last five years. Five of those were in the two months until March this year. However, the figures only apply to those stopped in the UK, and not those targeted by RAF jets and drones in Iraq and Syria.



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I don't consider them "British Citizens" !!

nicko wrote:I don't consider them "British Citizens"  !!

Exactly! I don't consider the Irish to be US citizens, either. They drink too much and have a squeaky accent.