MOSUL, IRAQ — A British Army special forces soldier reportedly shot and killed an ISIS terrorist from an incredible distance of one-and-a-half miles away. <br /> <br />The ISIS sniper had killed and wounded several Iraqi soldiers during a battle two weeks ago in the city of Mosul, the Daily Star Sunday reported. <br /> <br />SAS counter-snipers tracked the terrorist as he moved between buildings and had him in their sights — but had to wait four hours for a chance at the perfect shot. <br /> <br />As the light was beginning to fade, an SAS sergeant fired a single bullet from a super-accurate CheyTac M200 Intervention rifle. <br /> <br />The bullet traveled for almost three seconds before hitting the terrorist in the throat and bringing his killing spree to an end. <br /> <br />The long-range shot is thought to be one of the most difficult kills in the history of the SAS regiment. The bolt-action CheyTac M200 rifle was reportedly on loan to the SAS from the U.S. Army as part of a battlefield trial. <br /> <br />A British military source told the Daily Star Sunday the operation was a classic counter-sniper exercise that upheld the SAS snipers’ motto of “One Round, One Kill”. <br /> <br />However, it’s worth pointing out that this story is the latest in a long line of similar tales about SAS snipers killing ISIS targets under the byline of Daily Star Sunday reporter Patrick Williams. <br /> <br />Here at TomoNews we previously animated one of the Star’s stories about an SAS sniper taking out an ISIS boss with a single shot. <br /> <br />In February, retired U.S. Army Special Forces soldier Major John Plaster told the Daily Caller he doubted the credibility of the Star’s stories. <br /> <br />Plaster, who is reportedly one of the leading sniper experts in the world, said that some of the kill shots were, if not impossible, then highly improbable. <br /> <br />In response, the Daily Star Sunday denied that it ever made stories up.
