Posted on 06/04/2002 8:56:26 AM PDT by freestyle
Washington, June 4 (AFP) The CIA has created a new super secret paramilitary unit to target known terrorists and their leaders abroad, a US government official said.
The CIA already has several paramilitary units trained for the conduct of covert operations, according to the official.
But the new hit team will operate directly under the command of the agency's counter terrorism centre, the brain trust of the US-led war on terror that seeks to eradicate terrorist cells around the world.
"It will really be a more counter terrorist paramilitary force that will focus on terrorists," the official said yesterday.
The number of people in the team, its weaponry and the location of its home base remain highly classified.
The move comes as US and allied forces are stepping up operations along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan to hunt down remnants of the deposed Taliban regime and al-Qaeda terror network blamed for the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
US President George W. Bush has repeatedly stated he wants al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden "dead or alive." But so far, the Saudi-born extremist has eluded not only capture but even sightings.
"He is believed to be alive and hiding somewhere in the region along the Afghan-Pakistani border," the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said.
...looks like Senator Leahy is giving interviews again.
"Hit team" what are we, the Sopranos?
I like the idea of a CQB unit galavanting around the globe facilitating one way trips to Paradise.....or the Rocket Docket.
Silly me, I had figured we already had this sort of thing.
As a matter of fact that is how Clinton operated in Arkansas; drive-by shooting any potential problems.
Used to. But the Church Committee stopped it.
Dang - you beat me to it!!!!
Super secret hit teams in Afghanistan? DUH! You mean, those dastardly Americans shoot terrorists there? How sneaky.
Let's get real and send those secret hit teams to London, Paris, Hamburg and Detroit.
Their mission is to "target known terrorists and their leaders abroad" (says a US official!.
As for there name... well, that is super, super secret, so it probably won't show up on the internet until early to mid next week.
It's nice to know that known terrorists abroad have been notified that they should beware of additional CIA operatives (just in case they weren't already on their toes enough).
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