Wednesday, December 10, 2003

Covert escallation in Iraq continuity Posted here Wednesday, December 10, 2003 at 12:45:47 PM     I was waiting to see this go mainstream. It is very dangerous of course. The New Yorker reports that the US has authorized a major escalation of the Special Forces covert war in Iraq, in what is being seen as a clear victory for the "manhunts" policy of US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The idea is to create a special force, called Task Force 121, to "neutralize" Baathist insurgents, by capture or assassination. The team has been assembled from Army Delta Force members, Navy seals, and CIA paramilitary operatives. The New Yorker says the US has secretly turned to Israel to train the team. ********