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Green Beret Discovered SEALs’ Illicit Cash. Then He Was Killed.
Daily Beast ^

Posted on 11/13/2017 4:38:54 AM PST by JP1201

This account is based on five members of the special-operations community who were not cleared to speak publicly. Representatives of both U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) declined comment for this story, as the Navy Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) has an active investigation into Melgar’s death. NCIS would not comment beyond confirming the investigation is underway.

Dirty Money, Damning Excuse

There is a minimal U.S. troop presence in Mali at most—nothing compared to the 800 troops in neighboring Niger, another West African nation that hosts a sizable special operations cadre. But special operations forces aid U.S. diplomats, Malian soldiers and their French partners in gathering intelligence on a confluence of capable local militants trending Islamist. As the elite troops do in so many countries, they operate in the shadows, with comparatively little oversight—and what their actions actually look like on the ground can be much dirtier than the heroic image the Pentagon prefers to portray.

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To: njslim

The way to stop them from coming here is with better, more restrictive immigration policies.


21 posted on 11/13/2017 6:43:05 AM PST by Aetius
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To: mabarker1

I’m sorry for lack of a BARF alert. grania had an emergency question that had to be answered quickly. The Dept. of Defense had to send troops to Africa for the same kind of reason the FBI had to send classified files to Hillary Clinton when she was a FLOTUS. Both actions have resulted in loss of life.


22 posted on 11/13/2017 7:09:31 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: grania
We respectfully disagree. We’ve been at war for decades, and what has it gotten us?.....ISIS

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We?

You have a mouse in your pocket?

We have been at war much longer than decades. We have been at war for 1400 years since the advent of Islam.

ISIS and all the other terrorist groups are simply Moslem's. They are simply a religion that demands that non-Muslims need to die, be slaves or convert to Islam.

We can't ignore them. Ignoring them brought us 9/11.

Many will say, “all we need to do is leave Europe, the Middle East and Africa and they will then leave us alone”. Don't believe it. Islam will take all of the Middle East, they will get nuclear weapons and turn Israel into glass and then rule Europe and turn their churches into Mosques. They have already started turning the churches in to mosques.

I detest Islam for the lies it promotes, for the hate it promotes and for the violence it causes.

I would rather we were over there preventing them from coming here than fighting them here.

I know there are peaceful Muslims, some are friends of mine, some are in my family. Peaceful Muslims are Muslims who are Saturday Muslims. They are Muslim when they go to Mosque but then they revert to normal life. The women wear modern dress but wear long dresses and cover their heads on Saturday at Mosque.

I fear that Islam will send a nuclear bomb to Israel and Israel will respond with turning Mecca to glass and many of the largest Middle East Cities. When Mecca is destroyed Islam will go nuts and declare Jihad on all Western nations. When Tehran sends a Nuke to the US we will have to respond by killing many millions of Muslims in the Middle east. One Trident equipped submarine can carry 24 Trident Missiles each one with 8 to 12 independently targeted reentry vehicles with nuclear warheads. One Submarine is capable of annihilating 240 Cities give or take.

I do not look forward to this carnage but that is precisely what will happen if Jihad comes here with nuclear weapons, the American people will stand for nothing less.

We are doing the Middle East a BIG favor by having our special forces there instead of having Jihad here.

23 posted on 11/13/2017 8:07:40 AM PST by JAKraig (my religion is at least as good as yours)
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To: grania

Remember when W said we must take the war to them? How many more Muslims are there in the US now than on 9/11/2001? I would guess it is a whole lot more.


24 posted on 11/13/2017 8:11:23 AM PST by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: grania

We are there to combat the radical Muslim forces operating in the region and I suspect to keep an eye on the Chinese who are buying up and/or leasing huge areas of farmland and God knows what else.


25 posted on 11/13/2017 8:15:04 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: MarvinStinson

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/13/green-beret-killed-in-mali-discovered-seals-illicit-cash-scheme-report-says.html


26 posted on 11/13/2017 8:50:02 AM PST by JP1201
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To: JAKraig; All

THE CRUSADES SHOULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED!!!


27 posted on 11/13/2017 1:06:02 PM PST by mabarker1 (Progress- the opposite of congress)
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