(Thomas Gibbons-Neff/The Washington PostA Canadian Special Operations sniper shot an Islamic State fighter from nearly 2.2 miles away in Iraq, the Toronto-based Globe and Mail newspaper reported Thursday. In a statement following publication of the Globe and Mail article, the Canadian Special Operations Command confirmed that one of its soldiers from the elite Joint Task Force 2 hit a human target from 3,540 meters away. The statement did not provide any evidence to support the claim, or say if the target was killed. “The [Special Operations Task Force] provides its expertise to Iraqi security force to detect, identify and defeat Daesh activities from well behind the Iraqi security force front line in Mosul,” it added, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State. For the soldier to hit his target 3,540 meters (3,871 yards) he would need to account for every atmospheric factor available.

Source: Washington Post June 22, 2017 21:18 UTC