US Troops To Attack Wherever They Like

Details of the plans are secret, but in general they envision a significantly expanded role for the military -- and, in particular, a growing force of elite Special Operations troops -- in continuous operations to combat terrorism outside of war zones such as Iraq and Afghanistan. Developed over about three years by the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in Tampa, the plans reflect a beefing up of the Pentagon's involvement in domains traditionally handled by the Central Intelligence Agency and the State Department. For example, SOCOM has dispatched small teams of Army Green Berets and other Special Operations troops to U.S. embassies in about 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America, where they do operational planning and intelligence gathering to enhance the ability to conduct military operations where the United States is not at war. And in a subtle but important shift contained in a classified order last year, the Pentagon gained the leeway to inform -- rather than gain the approval of -- the U.S. ambassador before conducting military operations in a foreign country, according to several administration officials. "We do not need ambassador-level approval," said one defense official familiar with the order. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/22/AR2006042201124.html Note the important bit of information here. Commandos are to operate outside of Afghanistan and Iraq. Considering they are not at war with anyone else, is this not state terror? They decide they can walk into any soverign country and "conduct military operations" - in other words, kill people? Some seem to be passing this off as "Oh its just intelligence gathering". Well, you don't use commandos to gather intel outside of a war zone - you use spies for that. It is the reason the NSA and CIA exist.

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