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Lucille
10-26-2012, 10:32 AM
SPECIAL REPORT
THE PERMANENT WAR
This project, based on interviews with dozens of current and former national security officials, intelligence analysts and others, examines evolving U.S. counterterrorism policies and the practice of targeted killing.

Plan for hunting terrorists signals U.S. intends to keep adding names to kill lists (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/plan-for-hunting-terrorists-signals-us-intends-to-keep-adding-names-to-kill-lists/2012/10/23/4789b2ae-18b3-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_story.html)

A CIA veteran transforms U.S. counterterrorism policy (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-veteran-john-brennan-has-transformed-us-counterterrorism-policy/2012/10/24/318b8eec-1c7c-11e2-ad90-ba5920e56eb3_story.html)

Remote U.S. base at core of secret operations (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/remote-us-base-at-core-of-secret-operations/2012/10/25/a26a9392-197a-11e2-bd10-5ff056538b7c_story.html)

angelatc
10-26-2012, 11:28 AM
bump, dammit

Lucille
10-26-2012, 11:41 AM
From the third in the series (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/remote-us-base-at-core-of-secret-operations/2012/10/25/a26a9392-197a-11e2-bd10-5ff056538b7c_story_1.html):


Centerpiece base

In August, the Defense Department delivered a master plan to Congress detailing how the camp will be used over the next quarter-century. About $1.4 billion in construction projects are on the drawing board, including a huge new compound that could house up to 1,100 Special Operations forces, more than triple the current number.

Drones will continue to be in the forefront. In response to written questions from The Post, the U.S. military confirmed publicly for the first time the presence of remotely piloted aircraft — military parlance for drones — at Camp Lemonnier and said they support “a wide variety of regional security missions.”

25 years of drone wars. That is going to create a lot of enemies, which in turn will create the need for more war. Like I said before (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?393467-Streamlining-targeted-killing-U.S.-intends-to-keep-adding-names-to-kill-lists), it's a self-perpetuating war, and blowback is the MIC's best friend.

HOLLYWOOD
10-26-2012, 11:46 AM
...targeted killing aka Assassinating, Premeditated Murder, Death

Night of the Long knives... 24/7

Brian4Liberty
10-26-2012, 01:49 PM
SPECIAL REPORT
THE PERMANENT WAR
This project, based on interviews with dozens of current and former national security officials, intelligence analysts and others, examines evolving U.S. counterterrorism policies and the practice of targeted killing.

Plan for hunting terrorists signals U.S. intends to keep adding names to kill lists (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/plan-for-hunting-terrorists-signals-us-intends-to-keep-adding-names-to-kill-lists/2012/10/23/4789b2ae-18b3-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_story.html)



“Clearly, there were people in Yemen that we had on the matrix,” as well as others in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the former counterterrorism official said. The matrix was a way to be ready if they moved. “How do we deal with these guys in transit? You weren’t going to fire a drone if they were moving through Turkey or Iran.”


Hmmm. Recently Turkey refused anti-terrorism assistance from the US (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?392954-U.S.-Offered-Turkey-Help-Against-Kurdish-Group). If Turkey had accepted the assistance, would parts of Turkey then become open for drone attacks?