British SAS sniper kills ISIS flamethrower executioner with a crack shot to save 12 hostages

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14. It is curious that papers like the Star and Daily Mail have reported this but not serious press.

No AP byline, BBC, The Times, Guardian. Very odd distribution for HMG official military facts as such.

It has the feeling of hype and propaganda to it, at least in the presentation. In some ways it sounds to my tin ear like war stories told out of school, tending to get more heroic as they are told and ultimately based on rumor rather than fact.

I'm not running down soldier's actions taken in the field. They are facts as far as I know. I am not sure how much fact there is to the actions reported in the referred article. I recall a certain American Sniper who told some rather hard to swallow tales and those who celebrated him without question, including a few wearing command uniforms.

And this coming at a time when further, more conspicuous military action is contemplated in Iraq, Syria and Libya....Things that make you go Hmmmmmmmmmm?