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| US Special Ops Training Yemeni Security |
| 2006-12-22 |
| Good chance these trainees will return value, and in an important place. Surprised we're admitting it. SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNITS TRAIN YEMENI CENTRAL SECURITY FORCE COUNTER TERRORISM UNIT (CSF-CTU) MACDILL AFB, FLA. – United States and Special Operations Forces and conventional Marine units have provided training to the Yemeni Central Security Force Counter Terrorism Unit (CSF-CTU) as part of the persistent Foreign Internal Defense (FID) program. FID is one of the primary tenets of special operations and enables partner nation’s military forces to gain knowledge and capabilities while receiving training and guidance from U.S. and coalition partners. The U.S. Coast Guard has also been involved in the training, building the Yemen Coast Guard and providing them the means to enhance their ability to secure its territorial waters. Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) has provided a near continuous presence to ensure all resources had complimentary effects. Through the use of conventional force training and Joint Combined Exercise Training (JCET) events that focused on special operations, the Yemen forces have been able to make a significant impact to the Global War on Terror. Most recently, the CSF-CTU executed two raids that resulted in either death or capture of significant operatives within the al-Qaeda organizations. They Yemen forces also seized weapons and weapon making materials during the raid. The successful integration of US and conventional special operations forces serves as a model for capacity building in the CENTCOM AOR. The CSF-CTU’s transformation is the most successful example of capacity building outside of Iraq and Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #11 Goodness me! Them boys got lips like .10¢ pickles! |
| Posted by: Circles it is! 2006-12-22 16:05 |
| #10 For those who object to the training, what do you propose to do about Yemen? There is a strong faction there that supports Al-Q because of tribal links and ideology; however, there is another strong faction that wishes to join the modern world and enjoy its benefits; and another strong faction that is secular but Marxist, who wishes to fight the fundies. So, the US is trying to strengthen the hand of the two factions who oppose the fundies with training and equipment. If we steadfastly refuse to aid any in the Muslim world who wish to defeat the fundies, we ensure the success of the fundies everywhere in the world that there are Muslims. Will there be some blowback against us, in the form of a few of those trained passing on their skills to the fundies : probably yes. But, how many fundies will the rest of the trained people kill, capture, or nullify after they are brought up to speed? Remember, the Kurds are Sunnis and we have a very strong relationship with them. So, we can have Muslim allies as long as we are careful. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2006-12-22 18:58 |
| #9 ! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-12-22 18:30 |
| #8 True. So true. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-12-22 18:27 |
| #7 You're a man of few doubts, .com. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-12-22 18:20 |
| #6 The way you stay out of the sinktrap, grom, is by posting lots of little pointless nothings - fartlets that make sense only to you. If you ever said anything worthy of note, you'd be gone, I have no doubt. Merry Christmas. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-12-22 18:08 |
| #5 Smart. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-12-22 18:05 |
| #4 I disagree Glemore. Training the enemy in the ways of US SF is just another form of jizya. It's an "in kind" form of jizya. This policy is wrong and needs to be changed. |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2006-12-22 14:54 |
| #3 One wonders whether it is a good idea to teach potentially bad guys how to fight better, but past experience has shown that the guys who are trained by Special Ops end up not only being better fighters, but more reliable people. Some sanity (or at least their special brand of insanity) seems to rub off during sustained contact. And while no one in that part of the world will truly be our 'friend', there's a decent chance at least some of these people will not be our enemy either, and may provide invaluable contacts in the future. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-12-22 14:49 |
| #2 ...and that PIMF! |
| Posted by: Raj 2006-12-22 13:22 |
| #1 This remonds me of the SNL skit "Bad Idea Jeans"... |
| Posted by: Raj 2006-12-22 13:20 |