LONDON, KOMPAS.com – Army troops English involved in operations to confiscate weapons ISIS in Mali in the middle of a sandstorm and the temperature is over 50 degrees Celsius.
About 100 British soldiers of the Light Dragoons and the Royal Anglian Regiment, found ISIS weapons, in the form of AK47 rifles, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, camouflage clothing, radios, cell phones, and hundreds of liters of fuel.
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the mission to find ISIS weapons was carried out with the special support of the search team, the Royal Engineers, in the midst of very challenging conditions.
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Launch Sky News on Saturday (15/5/2021), soldiers sometimes looked only 30 meters away in the middle of a sandstorm.
Meanwhile, they were carrying 45 kg of equipment with temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius, while on their way to Mali near the Niger border, in early May.
It was the first “siege and search” operation, acting on the basis of intelligence data proactively collected by United Nations forces (PBB) di Mali.
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Meanwhile, they suspected ISIS militants had fled by swimming across the Niger River before British soldiers arrived there.
The Defense Ministry said ISIS in the Sahara Desert Region (ISGS) had intimidated local residents in Mali, extorted money and attacked those who refused to comply with their demands.
“Removing weapons and sabotaging extremist operations will make real changes for local communities,” said British Armed Forces Secretary James Heappey.
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“Importantly, the intelligence data collected will help develop our understanding and help prevent future threats from armed groups,” added Heappey.
Lt. Col. Tom Robinson, commander of the Light Dragoons, said, “Using the intelligence gathered during our patrols, we focused on where the extremist groups were intimidating the local population.”
After that, it is hoped that they will be able to find and confiscate ISIS weapons supplies, intervening in their dangerous influence on the local community.
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In addition, to be able to “gather more information that will help stop further extremist activity.”
Three hundred British troops deployed to the war-torn west African nation in December, to work alongside 16,000 peacekeepers from 56 different countries.
The British army’s role is to provide specialist long-range reconnaissance for UN missions, gathering intelligence on hard-to-reach areas of the country.
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