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...a much different landscape than in past decades. We now observe official Pentagon photos of Special Forces soldiers on horseback, riding alongside the Northern Alliance in the foothills of Afghanistan. They are dressed in Army fatigues but all have beards -- the marker of nearly all the men in the region. They 'blend into' the local population. These Americans have made liaison with allied clan leaders, trained the Afghans in the use of coordinated air-land attack and engaged in firefights with the Taliban when attacked. They have taken the lead in routing al Qaeda terrorists out of the extensive cave complexes in Afghanistan after the major opposition 'melted' into the landscape after being defeated on the ground by Alliance Afghans in Mazar-e-Sharif, Kabul, and Kandahar.
Few Americans know any of these men. Their missions are all classified secret. Even their parents and spouses know nothing of what they do. To them, the soldiers are known only as 'operators.' They have a long history, however, and have been deployed all over the world in 12-man A-teams. In the past decade they have been deployed in over 100 countries around the globe. They were an integral part of the operation in October 1993 to capture two of Mohamed Farrah Aidid's top aides. Aidid was the Somali warlord who controlled Mogadishu.
Before U.S. soldiers faced substantial hostile fire in Somalia, Pakistani military peacekeepers under U.N. control were ambushed by Warlord Aidid's guerrillas, with 24 killed and 54 wounded. Many of the Pakistanis were butchered and mutilated, with bodies dismembered and eyes gouged out [1]. Our troops in Somalia were placed under the command of foreign nations via the mask of the United Nations. They were asked by our politicians to first, provide protection for the distribution of United Nations humanitarian aid to a starving populace. Second, after securing...
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