Pentagon Says a Covert Force Hunts Hussein

[kskiska]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 — The top American military commander for the Middle East has created a covert commando force to hunt Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden and key terrorists throughout the region, according to Pentagon and military officials.

The new Special Operations organization is designed to act with greater speed on intelligence tips about "high-value targets" and not be contained within the borders where American conventional forces are operating in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Gen. John P. Abizaid, who commands all American forces in the strategic crescent from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, decided over the summer to disband two Special Operations missions, Task Force 5 in Afghanistan and Task Force 20 in Iraq, officials said.

Military officers say a broader, regional mission was given to the new force, which has become one of the Pentagon's most highly classified and closely watched operations.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/07/international/middleeast/07SADD.html?hp

[tsipple]

1. Not So "Covert," Is It?

What point do these stories serve? Is there any real information in them? ("We're hunting Saddam." Yeah, got it. Thanks.)

[DivinBreuvage]

2. LOL... but seriously, I have info on this...

the operative has made something of a catch-phrase of the words "would you believe..." and he has a phone in his shoe.

Françoise

[asjr]

3. pentagon

More BS

[dbt]

4. They WISH!

:argh:
dbt

[Wwagsthedog]

5. Here Saddam, here pretty kitty

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[ILeft]

6. Why are they still "hunting" him?

Hasn't it been shown that he wasn't up to the things the Chimpy Regime claimed he was up to? Our fearful leader is the one who lied to his nation before embarking on an "Unprovoked Invasion of A Sovereign Nation" and killing thousands of innocents.

I really don't understand how these war criminals ruling our country can "hunt" the leader of a sovereign nation. I guess they really are war criminals. It makes me sick.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

7. The Saddam talk is going to increase slowly until right before the

election when he will miraculously be captured/killed.

[Noordam]

8. :kick:

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