At least five British Special Forces
commandos have been wounded in gun battles as part of a top-secret UK
military campaign in Yemen. The troops are all said to be members of the
Special Boat Service (SBS), the Royal Navy’s equivalent of the British
Army’s SAS, which recruits mainly from the Royal Marines. The SBS
specialises in “mounting clandestine operations against targets at sea,
in rivers or harbours and against occupied coastlines”, says the Armed
Forces website.
As the UK Government
welcomes the Saudi Crown Prince’s first official visit to London, Save
the Children has unveiled a life-size statue of a child outside
Parliament. The bronze-like statue is a reminder of the dangers that
Yemeni children face every day and the risks of British-made bombs
fuelling the violence [Save The Children]
The men, who are understood to be now
recovering in the UK, were injured during a “top-secret” military
campaign, according to the Mail on Sunday. They were treated
for leg and arm wounds following battles in the Saada area of northern
Yemen, where up to 30 British troops are based.
The Mail on Sunday also revealed how RAF engineers sent to
Saudi Arabia to repair the kingdom’s fleet of military aircrafts
narrowly escaped death last week. Iranian-backed rebels are reported to
have launched a “suicide drone” strike on the King Khalid airbase, where
they are maintaining Tornado jets used to bomb civilian areas in Yemen.
No comments:
Post a Comment