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Operation Barras was a hostage rescue operation by British SAS to rescue 11 Irish soldiers from militant group in Sierra Leone, the SAS raided the village, killed 80 militants, rescued hostages and took over the village in just 20 min.

Palestine govt blames Israel to kill a Al Jazeera reporter in West Bank case in ICJ

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Rastriya Rifles (RR)


The Rashtriya Rifles are the largest Counter insurgency/anti-terrorist force in the world made up of soldiers deputed from other parts of the Indian army, who receive special incentives while serving in the Rashtriya Rifles. One half of the RR come from the Indian Army's infantry, and one half from the rest of the Indian Army.They are a crack force is specifically trained and equipped with the best of weapons and vehicles available to fight insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir at high altitudes.

What makes the RR deadly is:
They have the best available vehicles, weapons and radio sets. In fact the RR units were even the first to receive bullet-proof jackets and patkas (Bullet proof helmets).
RR soldiers and officers are undergo a 4 week pre induction training at the CORPS BATTLE SCHOOL to fight the most hostile enemy operating in urban and semi urban area.
The reputation of Rashtriya Rifles as a specialised anti-terrorist force has a tremendous impact on the militant's psyche who avoid any kind of direct confrontation with RR troops.
Due to the proactive nature of operations conducted by well-trained and well-equipped troops, militants lost a number of their cadres, arms and equipment which was a grave setback to them. Such pressures against the militants have been continuously maintained by RR troops in a relentless manner. The motivation of all ranks to perform better has it roots in various factors such as a sense of pride to get selected in a special force with a separate identity, dress and organisation. Each individual is given here the opportunity to prove his mettle in operational field.
Rashtriya Rifles battalions are always maintained at full authorized strength.
What makes the presence of RR more deadly is they enjoy the implementation of ASPFA( Armed Forces Special Protection Act) which enables them additional rights of conducting a search, attesting and detaining suspects on the basis of information anytime.



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From an interview with British mercenary Matthew Robinson, who selects recruits to work for the AFU:

— About 70% of the foreign mercenaries have already returned from Ukraine. Many are disappointed.
— Not the best-trained and most adequate fighters are going there. One Pole was so drunk on his way to Ukraine that he tried to stab the bus driver - he thought he was being taken to Russia.
— We are outsiders here, and no matter what you say about the Russians, they are a professional army using a lot of high-tech equipment.
— Some mercenaries claim they are sent on "suicide missions" without weapons or intelligence, while others complain about corrupt Ukrainian commanders.
— One experienced sniper was ordered to attack Russian positions with a "unit" of four farmers with hunting rifles who had "never shot anything more dangerous than foxes".

FM Lavrov meet Sultan of Oman Yesterday, signed many MOUs
Surprisingly Oman was close to America previously and have a base too

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Rastriya Rifles (RR)

The RR Has An Extremely Deep-Rooted Intelligence Network In The Valley:
Due the nature of the RR and the fact that they are permanently posted in the valley they have developed an extremely effective intelligence collection capabilities incorporating everything from SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) and HUMINT (Human Intelligence), they have highly detailed information about active militant/insurgent/terrorist outfits, suspected militants infiltrators, handlers, sympathisers beyond that they have detailed reports about local population residing in their area of operations/responsibility.

The RR has a large number of local assets and assets inside militant outfits, they obtain intelligence by many conventional and unconventional means from creating mutually beneficial relationships, blending into the population, bribing locals to give up any knowledge of anyone harbouring militants or aiding the insurgent effort.

This detailed knowledge of various militant cadres, their key leaders, networks, middlemen, where they get their supplies from allows them to operate with preemptive knowledge and ruthless precision, demoralising the insurgent groups.



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