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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch

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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (32439)12/8/2003 11:44:10 PM
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Will the counter-insurgency plan in Iraq repeat the mistakes of Vietnam?

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MOVING TARGETS
by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
The New Yorker
Issue of 2003-12-15
Posted 2003-12-08

The Bush Administration has authorized a major escalation of the Special Forces covert war in Iraq. In interviews over the past month, American officials and former officials said that the main target was a hard-core group of Baathists who are believed to be behind much of the underground insurgency against the soldiers of the United States and its allies. A new Special Forces group, designated Task Force 121, has been assembled from Army Delta Force members, Navy seals, and C.I.A. paramilitary operatives, with many additional personnel ordered to report by January. Its highest priority is the neutralization of the Baathist insurgents, by capture or assassination.

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