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Iraq
US kill squads in Iraq?
2003-12-09
Source is al-Guardian, filtered through Iran Broadcasting, so don't get your hopes up...
Israeli advisers are helping train US special forces in so-claimed 'counter-insurgency operations' in Iraq, including the use of assassination squads against guerrilla leaders, Britain's Guardian daily revealed Tuesday.
Rumsfeld read my comments...
US special forces teams were already behind the lines inside Syria attempting to kill those perceived as possible threat before crossing the border with Iraq, the newspaper said.
Heh heh...
Citing unnamed sources familiar with the operations, it reported that a group focused on the "neutralisation" of Iraqi guerrilla leaders was being set up. "This is basically an assassination programme. That is what is being conceptualised here. This is a hunter-killer team," a former senior US intelligence official told the paper.
Makes excellent sense to me...
He added that he feared the new tactics and enhanced cooperation with Israel would inflame a volatile situation in the Middle East.
We're at war. How can you get more "volatile" than being at war? (Does that hat really have an anus? Wow!)
The Guardian said that according to US intelligence and military sources, the Israeli defence force had sent urban warfare specialists to Fort Bragg in North Carolina, the home of US special forces. According to two sources, Israeli military "consultants" had also visited Iraq, the paper reported.
"Hiya, Moshe! Welcome to Iraq!... Damn! Now that's some pliers!"
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#13  US kill squad for the Middle East, two guys in North Dakota turning keys at a control panel
Posted by: Cheddarhead   2003-12-9 11:52:50 PM  

#12  And the only way to ensure it survives is...
Posted by: .com   2003-12-9 7:16:36 PM  

#11  And where, pray-tell, is there any stability worth salvaging in the ME?

Inside Israel.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2003-12-9 6:58:22 PM  

#10  I keep hearing this concern about the volatility of the ME and worries about its destabilization...

What a load. As if it isn't already both in spades and self-inflicted to boot. Pfeh.

Wanna see volatile? Go ahead and hit the US on its home ground with any of your dream weapons, AlQ. I guess our response since 9/11 wasn't sufficient. You talk about the Crusaders, OBL, wanna see medieval?

And where, pray-tell, is there any stability worth salvaging in the ME? I LIKE the idea of destabilizing 22 dictatorships. I LIKE the idea of going toe-to-toe with jihadi killers. I LIKE the idea that they should feel threatened and defensive. I LIKE the idea that they and their apologists whine and seethe because they are finally facing someone who can send them to Paradise in a heartbeat with only GPS coords, instead of issuing endless toothless drivel via the UN. Who gives a rat's ass what lame dogma they whine on an LLL talk show to a kiss-ass yellow journalist?

Ain't life a bitch? It certainly is if you're a looney or a jihadi. And that, IMO, is a good thing. Thanx, Dubya!
Posted by: .com   2003-12-9 6:32:42 PM  

#9  Sgt.DT -

True or not, it makes the Bad Guys step a little more carefully, doesn't it?
Posted by: Fred   2003-12-9 4:44:13 PM  

#8  ... attempting to kill those perceived as possible threat before crossing the border with Iraq...

OK, jihadi, avoid the long trip to Iraq, we gotcha 72 virgins right here.
The 72 Virgins Dating Service
Posted by: Gasse Katze   2003-12-9 4:41:46 PM  

#7  Would that it were true!!!
Posted by: Sgt.DT   2003-12-9 4:31:35 PM  

#6  US special forces teams were already behind the lines inside Syria attempting to kill...

They say this like it's a bad thing.
Posted by: Matt   2003-12-9 4:31:02 PM  

#5  US special forces in so-claimed 'counter-insurgency operations'

It's about f@cking time. Good practice and experience for those guys. Happy hunting. Bring home a big one.
Posted by: Rafael   2003-12-9 4:17:12 PM  

#4  Yup that seals it! They found out that our Zionist Overlords are calling the shots in Iraq. Time to pack our stuff up and go home. How do people like this continue to function in the world today?
Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter)   2003-12-9 4:11:18 PM  

#3  Sy Hersh covers similar ground in the New Yorker.

Of course, our new tactics seem like a bad idea to him because, like just about everything else, they remind him of what we did Vietnam. He specifically mentions the Phoenix Program, which he seems to think was totally ineffective.

I almost posted it here, but Hersh's credibility record is in Al Jiz territory. Now that a more credible organ like iribnews.com has come out with a similar story, I guess we can trust Hersh

Hersh has been wrong about everything since 9/11 but occasionally has some good tidbits mixed in with the falsehoods and anti-admin spin. Hope he's right here because these kill squad tactics seem particularly well suited for debaathification.
Posted by: JAB   2003-12-9 4:09:37 PM  

#2  assassination programme

I prefer to think of it as an customized battle plan, carefully and thoughtfully designed to meet the end ends of the target customer...
Posted by: snellenr   2003-12-9 3:54:37 PM  

#1  Sounds like good press to me--live in fear, asshats!

We're at war. How can you get more "volatile" than being at war?
Hey, just 'cause we're at war doesn't mean we can't still be friends!
Posted by: Dar   2003-12-9 3:46:51 PM  

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