NYT: US said to order covert military action

[neverforget]

Source: NY Times

WASHINGTON -The top American commander in the Middle East has ordered a broad expansion of clandestine military activity in an effort to disrupt militant groups or counter threats in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and other countries in the region, according to defense officials and military documents.

The secret directive, signed in September by Gen. David H. Petraeus, authorizes the sending of American Special Operations troops to both friendly and hostile nations in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Horn of Africa to gather intelligence and build ties with local forces. Officials said the order also permits reconnaissance that could pave the way for possible military strikes in Iran if tensions over its nuclear ambitions escalate.

While the Bush administration had approved some clandestine military activities far from designated war zones, the new order is intended to make such efforts more systematic and long term, officials said. Its goals are to build networks that could “penetrate, disrupt, defeat or destroy” Al Qaeda and other militant groups, as well as to “prepare the environment” for future attacks by American or local military forces, the document said. The order, however, does not appear to authorize offensive strikes in any specific countries.
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In broadening its secret activities, the United States military has also sought in recent years to break its dependence on the Central Intelligence Agency and other spy agencies for information in countries without a significant American troop presence.

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[msongs]

1. lol yet another example of war without end from our government nt

[Wwagsthedog]

2. Change you can believe in

[Robb]

3. Oddly enough, just what some here were calling for.

Fewer invasions, more secret strike teams.

I'm not sure I prefer this.

[Arctic Dave]

5. I would say this is a perfect way to start more wars.

Killing people and sabotage are ways to make friends.

[unhappycamper]

4. Sounds like Africom is getting their shit together.

"Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and other countries in the region"

[neverforget]

7. I figured this shit has been going on for years, It's just weird that this has

been leaked now.

[guruoo]

9. It has. n/t

[Dystopian]

6. P2OG

P2OG, the first thing I thought of...
I read this years ago...
I know it's common knowledge, has been going on forever....still chilling...

Continued covert ops - Rumsfeld
According to a classified document prepared for Rumsfeld by his Defense Science Board, the new organization--the "Proactive, Preemptive Operations Group (P2OG)"--will carry out secret missions designed to "stimulate reactions" among terrorist groups, provoking them into committing violent acts which would then expose them to "counterattack" by U.S. forces.
http://newsmine.org/content.php?ol=war-on-terror/united-states/p2og/p2og-latimes.txt

The Pentagon Plan to Provoke Terrorist Attacks
http://newsmine.org/content.php?ol=war-on-terror/united-states/p2og/p2og-counterpunch.txt

Things will never change.

peace~

[Lagomorph]

8. The longer we stay...

the more time the locals have to develop weapons and strategies to counter us. We become more predictable to them and they exploit it. Home field advantage.