All news on the topic: Special forces

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Russia using 'ghost ships' to find gas pipelines for explosive sabotage missions
The secret maritime programme involves civilian shipping and a murky underwater warfare programme to try and cut off Europe if the Ukraine war spreads
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Putin's ruthless Special Forces wiped out on battlefield, leaked papers reveal
'The Pentagon leaks' consist of 100 pages of documents leaked online and include information about the Russian invasion, including claims Vladimir Putin's Spetsnaz forces have been almost entirely wiped out
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Terrifying moment Russian bullet misses Ukrainian soldier’s head by an inch
Incredible footage shows the moment a Russian bullet zooms past the Ukrainian soldier and hits the wall with a puff of dust, seeming no higher than an inch above his head
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Bomb suspect seen edging away from blogger after handing him statue explosive
Daria Trepova skulked away after handing pro-Vladimir Putin propagandist Vladlen Tatarsky a statue of himself just moments before an explosion ripped through the venue he was speaking at in St Petersburg, Russia
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FBI interrogator says Saddam Hussein knew two things about him within seconds
George Piro was the FBI agent hand selected to interrogate Saddam Hussein and spent seven months talking to the Iraqi dictator following the west's bloody invasion of the Middle East
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Terrorism expert 'convinced' Putin using body double in assassination fears
Graham Yuill, an SAS-trained expert once deployed to identify terror suspect in Northern Ireland, says he believes Vladimir Putin is using a body double when making public appearances
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​Inquiry probing allegations of unlawful killings in Afghanistan launched​
Chairman Lord Justice Haddon-Cave described claims made against British armed forces as 'extremley serious' as he vowed to 'get to the bottom' of claims at the inquiry's opening statement.
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'I was there in Iraq 20 years ago - the invasion left behind violence and chaos'
The Mirror's Chris Hughes covered the invasion of Iraq, launched under claims that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, which were later proved to be false
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'My son's last words were "don't worry mum, I'll be back" - but he never was'
Ben Hyde was among six Redcap military policemen killed at a police station near Basra. At the time it was the British forces’ biggest single loss of life since the Falklands
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Inside Mexico's most brutal cartel - killed 193 on bus and hanged 23 from bridge
Since their bloody split with the Gulf Cartel, this new group has been in constant war with their parent cartel for control over the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas
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Inside Mexican cartels from hanging bodies from bridges to warped moral code
Many of the Mexican cartels claim to be looking out for the little people but the bodies stack up and vast quantities of illegal drugs continue to flow into the US
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Mutiny among Russian fighters as Wagner chief moans troops aren't being supplied
Yevgeny Prigozhin's soldiers have joined the regular Russian army as they battle Ukrainian forces to capture Bakhmut, an eastern city that has become the frontline of the current conflict
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Special Forces commandos ordered to delete TikTok due to security fears
Troops serving in the SAS, the SBS the Special Reconnaissance Regiment and the Defence Human Intelligence Unit have all been warned data from the Chinese-owned app could fall into the hands of Beijing spies
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Shamed Matt Hancock 'worked like a barbecue rib' in latest reality TV turn
SAS: Who Dares Wins star Rudy Reyessays shamed former Health Secretary Matt Hancockgets “worked like a freakin’ barbecue rib from my hometown of Kansas City” in the gruelling Celebrity spin off version of the show
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Al-Qaeda's new leader among FBI's 'most wanted' for up to $10million bounty
Saif Al-Adel, who is based in Iran, has taken over al-Qaeda's leadership, succeeding Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was believed to have been killed in a US missile strike, a UN report has confirmed
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Putin war commander survives assassination bid after being sent poison in post
Major-General Apti Alaudinov, 50, a pal of Chechnyan warlord Ramzan Kadyrov and commander of the region's soldiers in Ukraine, received a letter saturated with an unknown deadly toxin
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Vladimir Putin has lost half of Russia's airborne troops since invading Ukraine
Russia has lost a suspected 127,500 troops since it began its invasion of Ukraine nearly one year ago, and among these heavy casualties is half of its supposedly elite airborne troops
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SAS recruit Levi Delvin-Attille says late sibling gave him strength to succeed
Levi Delvin-Attille reckons he has his 'guardian angel' brother Joshua to thank for his stint on SAS: Who Dares Wins. The 24-year-old died after a fatal brain haemorrhage
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'Race against time' to get tanks to Ukraine before Europe engulfed in Russia war
Time is ticking for troops in Ukraine after several countries in the West agreed to send tanks to help in the country's efforts against Putin's army, and an expert says there's "no time to lose"
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SAS: Who Dares Wins in harrowing health emergency as recruit yells for ambulance
The 20 new SAS: Who Dares Wins contestants are already being put to the brutal test of the punishing jungle phase of SAS selection in Vietnam
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Britney Spears' sister Jamie quits 'world's toughest' TV show after two days
Jamie Lynn Spears broke down in tears after quitting Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, lasting just two days on the hit-Fox reality TV programme
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Putin replaces top Ukraine commander 'General Armageddon' after just 3 months
While overseeing troops in Ukraine, Sergei Surovikin was crediting with strengthening coordination, reinforcing control and introducing a campaign of knocking out Ukraine's energy infrastructure
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Britney Spears posts explosive rant as sister calls being her sibling 'hard'
Britney Spears has lashed out at her estranged sister Jamie Lynn Spears and her family members in a lengthy and scathing rant after her sibling said it was 'hard' growing up with her
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US Navy Seal team's message for Saddam Hussein after being captured in Iraq
The details emerged as retired US Army Master Sergeant Kevin Holland, part of the team that tracked down the fugitive, spoke for the first time about the arrest on December 13, 2003