Tag: Sniper

JERUSALEM – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party posted a video marking the anniversary of a lethal terror attack which saw 10 Israelis murdered by a sniper in 2002.

A Canadian soldier has broken the world record for the longest sniper kill in history, taking out an Islamic State militant from over two miles away.

A British SAS sniper armed with an American gun took out an Islamic State jihadist in Mosul from a distance of 1.5 miles.

TEL AVIV — A video published online by the Islamic State group showing snipers from Walaiyat Sinai, the group’s Egyptian affiliate, shooting Egyptian soldiers has many asking how the advanced sniper equipment fell into the group’s hands.

On Monday night a Tulsa police sniper shot and killed a man who allegedly broke into his estranged wife’s home and was holding her two-year-old daughter hostage.

Three leaders of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) in Libya have reportedly been picked off by a mysterious sniper in the coastal city of Sirte, which has become the regional ISIS stronghold. ISIS militants are said to be frantically sweeping the city in an effort to find the “Daesh Hunter,” as locals have named him, using a derogatory name for the Islamic State.

Footage of a Shiite militia sniper discussing his battles against America and the Jews has surfaced, thanks to a Middle East watchdog group.

Former Canadian Armed Forces sniper and Ottawa City Councillor Jody Mitic joined Breitbart News Daily on Friday morning to discuss his new book Unflinching: The Making of a Canadian Sniper and how he battled back from a devastating war injury to forge a successful career in politics.

SAN DIEGO — After five tense hours, the shooter-SWAT standoff that shut down San Diego International Airport came to a close on Wednesday with the suspect’s surrender and no deaths in the Banker’s Hill neighborhood.

On Friday, a carjacking suspect fleeing police died after he was shot by a police sniper from a San Bernardino County sheriff’s helicopter while going the wrong way on Interstate 215.

Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say they have a “person of interest” in custody for the Phoenix freeway shootings that have been plaguing the city since August 29.

Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) officials have now confirmed a total of 11 shootings in 13 days on Phoenix freeways. The only injury to this point is a cut received by a 13-year-old from a piece of glass from a shattered windshield.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill on Tuesday designating a segment of U.S. Hwy 287 in Midlothian as the “Chris Kyle Memorial Highway.” Chris Kyle was a Navy SEAL and author of the New York Times bestseller American Sniper.

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has revealed its new “steerable bullet” in .50 caliber for military snipers.

The Coalition To Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) is targeting Clint Eastwood’s upcoming film American Sniper, a movie which tells the story of American hero Chris Kyle.