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Delta Force operation routed around rare butterfly habitat

By Duffel Blog Staff · Bureau · 1 minute

Filed 5 October 2022 · 1532

MANBIJ, Syria — A raid by the U.S. Army’s secretive Delta Force was nearly aborted when an operator discovered endangered Apollo Swallowtail butterflies, sources confirmed today.

Details about the intent of the mission were not disclosed through official channels, but sources said the elite team was hunting an ISIS commander when one soldier called for the team to stop.

“I got two white swallowtails, could be endangered,” the operator said, according to sources.

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