|
Rumsfeld wants more Bad Guys dead...
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld wants more al-Qaeda members captured or killed and has ordered his top special operations general to accelerate covert missions to that end. Issuing a classified command to the U.S. Special Operations command, Rumsfeld tasked the head of the unit, General Charles Holland, with devising a plan to that effect. Hollandâ plan, dubbed "the first 30 percent," calls for new types of clandestine operations against terrorists that can be launched quickly and fall "outside restrictions of traditional law enforcement," said the daily. That means they realize that soldiers aren't cops. They're not going to serve the Bad Guys with subpoenas — they're going to ice them. Officials familiar with Holland's plan said Rumsfeld wants his covert warriors to be unrestrained by law enforcement approval procedures, which can delay operations for months. "Rumsfeld wants to stay as far away from law enforcement as possible," one source told the daily, adding that the Secretary wants "new thinking," wanting to see more clandestine missions undertaken by Special Operations, which he believes can be more innovative. But... but... He hasn't filled out for 1176B, which is required before calling for such a thing... The Secretary is not happy at the rate al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters are being tracked down and eliminated in Afghanistan the U.S. Central Command under General Tommy Franks, who is running the war. Some Rumsfeld advisers consider Franks too cautious. Under Rumsfeld's instructions, Holland will have a bigger say in which types of special-operations missions are run in Afghanistan, and new powers to organize specific missions. The memo lists not only Osama bin Laden but another half dozen or so top al-Qaeda leaders who are believed to pose the greatest threat to coordinate and order new terrorist attacks on the United States. Fine idea. Attack the head cheeses, kill them, then bring them before the International Criminal Court. That makes more sense than we've heard in at least a month. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-08-02 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=6103 |