The Daily Mirror understands plans for British special forces to go to northern Iraq have been underway for some weeks but they have only recently been sent
ritish special forces teams have deployed to Iraq to help rescue tens of thousands of refugees fleeing the murderous onslaught of Islamic State fighters.
Crack SAS and Special Boat Service operators are helping locate non-Sunni Muslims who have escaped IS - formerly known as ISIS - who are hell-bent on murdering non-believers.
American forces today launched devastating air-strikes against IS positions - the first US air attacks on Iraq since they pulled out in 2011.
As many as 250,000 escapees are hiding on a Kurdish mountain, desperate to stay one step ahead of IS forces who have already murdered thousands.
The fresh IS horror was met with demands for the recall of British Parliament and the announcement that the UK military will be involved again in Iraq.
Britain’s Department for International Development announced it will give £8million towards the air drops and the plight of the refugees.
A military source said: “The IS threat looks terrifying in all the video nasties and it may seem like they are taking over the whole of the Middle East.
“But their lines of communication are now stretched and that will be why America finally has decided to start hitting them with air-strikes.
“Trouble is there has to be a small 'boot on the ground' element helping locate the targets and special forces have been deployed to help out.”
Today, two US F18 warplanes killed many Islamic State army fighters with 500lb laser-guided bombs close to the stricken region of Arbil, northern Iraq.
US planes also dropped 72 bundles of supplies, including 8,000 ready-to-eat meals and thousands of gallons of drinking water, for threatened civilians.
Mr Fallon said: “What we have decided today is to assist the United States in the humanitarian operations that started yesterday. We are offering technical assistance in that in terms of refuelling and surveillance.
“We are offering aid of our own which we hope to drop over the next couple of days in support of the American relief effort, particularly to help the plight of those who are trapped on the mountain.”
Prime Minister David Cameron added: “I am extremely concerned by the appalling situation in Iraq and the desperate situation facing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis.
"I am especially concerned for the minority Yazidi community now trapped on Mount Sinjar, where they have fled for their lives.
“They fear slaughter if they descend back down the slopes but face starvation and dehydration if they remain on the mountain. The world must help them in their hour of desperate need.”
American crack special forces troops including Navy SEALs and army Delta Force and CIA spies have been in Baghdad and Arbil for weeks helping with the Iraqi effort to tackle the growing IS threat.
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