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| US considers assassination squads |
| 2002-08-13 |
| The US government is considering plans to send elite military units on missions to assassinate al-Qaida leaders in countries around the world, without necessarily informing the governments involved. The Pentagon is discussing proposals which could see special operations units dispatched to capture or kill terrorists wherever they are be lieved to be hiding, despite a long-standing presidential order forbidding US personnel from carrying out assassinations abroad. "We're at war with al-Qaida. If we find an enemy combatant, then we should be able to use military force to take military action against them," a senior adviser to the defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, was quoted as saying. That would seem to be a logical step, but not one you talk about it public... The plan was said to be causing concerns in other parts of the US government because it might blur the line between army activity and missions usually handled, under strict legal guidelines, by the Central Intelligence Agency. The foyer to the State Department is six inches deep in pee right now. The stench is overwhelming. And some poor deputy assistant undersecretary had to wade through it to leak this item... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Don't be so harsh! You have to feel for the chaps at State...who the hell is going to pay Skipper's tuition at Choate if the Saudi princes start coming down with Excedrin Headache Number .223? |
| Posted by: the ghost of howard beale 2002-08-13 23:36:53 |