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The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely: Secret Order Lets U.S. Raid Al Qaeda in Many Countries
Gateway Pundit: One More Time... NY Times Leaks Information on Secret Strikes Against Al-Qaeda
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com: Peter Schwartz: Obama's Biggest Challenge: Foreign Policy Revanchism
Secret Order Lets U.S. Raid Al Qaeda in Many Countries
The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely —
... NYT - The United States military since 2004 has used broad, secret authority to carry out nearly a dozen previously undisclosed attacks against Al Qaeda and other militants in Syria, Pakistan and elsewhere, according to senior American officials. ...
One More Time... NY Times Leaks Information on Secret Strikes Against Al-Qaeda
Gateway Pundit —
... The NY Times published another report on secret military operations today. Of course this information was fed to the paper by anonymous sources like all of the other secret operations they reported this last 8 years. ...
Peter Schwartz: Obama's Biggest Challenge: Foreign Policy Revanchism
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... The policy of force projection and maintenance of a global military infrastructure depends upon: 1) a web of payments and quid pro quos with non-elected leaders of other nations; 2) a commitment to secrecy and the absence of meaningful oversight and transparency; and 3) a reliance upon covert activity, spying, secret missions, and subterfuge (note revelations of the order permitting secret raids on Al-Qaeda around the globe, in nations such as Pakistan, Syria, and Somalia). ...
Hooray! Grey Lady Does Front Page Exposing Another Secret Operation
Pirate's Cove —
... Simple wonderful. The Times has a story ripe with anonymous sources who discussed a secret operation allowing strikes against Al Qaeda in countries around the world without permission by those countries, and includes all sorts of “no comments” by people who are named. Secret Order Lets U.S. Raid Al Qaeda in Many Countries ...
Secret Rumsfeld Order Authorized Global Raids
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... American officials.
These military raids, typically carried out by Special Operations forces, were authorized by a classified order that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld signed in the spring of 2004 with the approval of President Bush, the officials said. The secret order gave the military new authority to attack the Qaeda terrorist network anywhere in the world, and a more sweeping mandate to conduct operations in countries not at war with the United States.
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Hooray! Grey Lady Does Front Page Exposing Another Secret Operation
Stop The ACLU —
Simple wonderful. The Times has a story ripe with anonymous sources who discussed a secret operation allowing strikes against Al Qaeda in countries around the world without permission by those countries, and includes all sorts of “no comments” by people who are named. Secret Order Lets U.S. Raid Al Qaeda in Many Countries The United States military since 2004 has used broad, secret authority to carry out nearly a dozen previously undisclosed attacks against ...
The Military Republican Talking Point is Kaput
Taylor Marsh —
BY TAYLOR MARSH
For decades, the Democrats have been taking heat from conservatives, Republicans
and the wingnut fringe about our strength on national security and foreign policy,
but most particularly when it comes to the military. Bush has changed much of
that, helped along by the Democratic veterans who now hold court in Congress. ...
The Daily Muck
TPMMuckraker —
Since 2004, the U.S. military has carried out previously undisclosed attacks against Al Qaeda in Pakistan, Syria, and other countries with which we are not at war. The attacks were authorized by a secret order signed by then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in the spring of that year, which allowed the military to attack Al Qaeda anywhere in the world. (The New York Times)
Rumors continue to swirl about the low turnout in Alaska last Tuesday, where 8,311 fewer votes were cast than in 2004, despite tight races in the Senate and the House, and Sarah Palin's presence on the Republican presidential ...
Secret Rumsfeld Order OK’d Raids in All Nations
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... American officials.
These military raids, typically carried out by Special Operations forces, were authorized by a classified order that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld signed in the spring of 2004 with the approval of President Bush, the officials said. The secret order gave the military new authority to attack the Qaeda terrorist network anywhere in the world, and a more sweeping mandate to conduct operations in countries not at war with the United States.
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