It's not just the WH that is incompetent. The identities of at least 50 British snipers were accidentally leaked by the MoD (file picture)
The sharpshooters fear their lives and those of their families are in mortal danger after defence chiefs published names and photographs of serving snipers in official reports which were uploaded to the internet.
The blunder has left the men vulnerable to reprisal attacks here in Britain because it means it is now potentially easy for home-grown Islamic extremists to track them down.
At least 50 troops from elite Parachute Regiment and Royal Marine units whose cover was blown are receiving SAS training on how to evade capture if jihadis target them at home or in the streets.
The soldiers, some whom have since left the Army, have been warned to remove their names from the electoral roll and not to carry any military identification as fears over their safety grow.
The courses at the SAS headquarters near Hereford also include briefings on cyber-security, with the snipers being shown how to thwart attempts to hack into their mobile phones, email and Facebook pages.
Ministry of Defence rules state that snipers should never be identified because jihadis consider them to be high-value targets.
Their specialist role shot to prominence last month with the release of Oscar-nominated film American Sniper, which stars Bradley Cooper as US Navy Seal Chris Kyle, who killed 160 insurgents during the Iraq war.
http://report24.co.uk/article/84132/british-army-snipers-fear-kidnap-by-jihadis-in-uk-after-blundering-mod-blows-their-cover
