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[quote]SAS soldiers who ran out of camouflage cream have been on secret missions — smeared in GRAVY.

Our elite troops found the meat sauce worked as a skin-darkener after one soldier spilt it on his arm in the mess room.

They have nabbed 100 suspected insurgents during raids in the Iraq capital of Baghdad this month — while smelling like roast dinners.

Bisto granules are now used regularly instead of MoD-issued Fast Tan.

An SAS source said: “Surveillance is very difficult in Iraq. We go to great lengths to change our appearance.

“We use cream to darken our face, dye our hair black and use brown contact lenses.

“But when Fast Tan ran low, the lads suggested using Bisto after one accidentally discovered it did the trick.

“The gravy smell is pretty off-putting — but it works.â€

You think they would smell the SAS coming.

frigidmagi wrote:You think they would smell the SAS coming.

Yeah, really.

No, the gravy hides the smell... it serves two purposes

frigidmagi wrote:You think they would smell the SAS coming.

They mention this is done for surveillance, likely in cities. If Iraq is anything like the rest of the undeveloped Middle East they probably have open sewers and burn their garbage. In other words it probably stinks there, the gravy smell would likely go unnoticed.

I have an aunt (well, sort of an aunt - she's not legally recognized as my aunt by the state of Georgia because they're assholes who won't recognize a lesbian marriage) who lived in Turkey for a few years. She said that once her nose got acclimatized could smell an American coming a distance away because Americans smell like rancid bacon grease. This possibly extends to other Westerners who eat pork products. Maybe they're just disguising the scent.

Also maybe my aunt was exaggerating. I haven't actually been able to check this.

Mayabird wrote:I have an aunt (well, sort of an aunt - she's not legally recognized as my aunt by the state of Georgia because they're assholes who won't recognize a lesbian marriage) who lived in Turkey for a few years. She said that once her nose got acclimatized could smell an American coming a distance away because Americans smell like rancid bacon grease. This possibly extends to other Westerners who eat pork products. Maybe they're just disguising the scent.

Also maybe my aunt was exaggerating. I haven't actually been able to check this.

The VC used to be able to smell American units coming by the smell of the insect repellent they used, the VC not using any. Or so I've heard.

Most of Shitte Iraq does have open sewers now that you mention it. Baghdad and other parts of Sunni Iraq does not. Can't speak for Kurdish Iraq.