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To: rrufff who wrote (8952)	3/31/2004 11:21:13 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

However, considering the map from both the above views, I have visited Israel several times since the 1980s. The terror situation is much worse now than it was in the past. It's never really recovered from the Lebanon invasion. TP

To: rrufff who wrote (8952)	3/31/2004 2:43:25 PM
From: Ron	Respond to of 20773

Weary special forces quit for security jobs By David Rennie in Washington and Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent Exhausted American and British special forces troopers, the West's front line in the war on terrorism, are resigning in record numbers and taking highly-paid jobs as private security guards in Iraq and Afghanistan. Senior US commanders are so alarmed that they have held emergency meetings to agree new deals on pay and conditions for the men. Men from the SAS in Britain and Australia and America's Delta Force are said to be weary after almost 30 months of nearly continuous service since the September 11 attacks. Gen Bryan "Doug" Brown, head of the US special operations command, summoned his commanders to Washington for a crisis meeting last week. He told the Senate armed services committee that the retention of special forces had become "a big issue". US special forces troopers earn up to £30,000 but are being offered packages of £60,000 to £120,000 to work in combat zones. For SAS soldiers earning £250 a week in Iraq, the lure of up to £1,000 a week is easily understood. The most experienced men in the most dangerous jobs are reported to be making £5,000 a week. The manning crisis comes as Donald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary, pushes the military to use special forces more and more widely, favouring them over conventional forces, for their speed, small scale and ability to operate in complete secrecy with only minimal legal oversight. telegraph.co.uk