Re: [A-List] US military: new black ops squad

["bon moun" <sherrynstan@xxxxxxx>]

A note on this new unit.  BTW, some of the numbers are wrong here, but the
media never gets the military stuff right (see www.freedomroad.org ).

Five 'll getcha ten, this units "operators" will have hardly a Black face
among them.  This negrophobia is characteristic of special ops units, and
the more rarified the unit, the whiter it gets - with some honorary Aryans
from hispano-latina and pacific islander ranks.  Conventional ground forces
will still be held back for any but the most banal military tasks; mop-up
and guard duty.  The new emphasis on using special ops for any limited
ground combat tasks is partly predicated on the Powell Doctrine fear of US
casualties (These guys have a huge and highly sophisticated combat air
support apparatus, so don't think they are as lightweight as they look.  We
should think about the "organic composition of the military.").  But
another factor is certainly domestic.  Historically, Black troops who go to
war, especially if they are required to fight, become restive and
ucooperative when they get home.  Let there be no doubt that the American
white terror of negro rebellion still haunts the psyches of our ruling
class.  The US Army has a disproportionate number of Black troops.  Having
too many of them crossing the psychological barrier against squeezing
triggers on human targets can't strike The Man as a very good idea.

> US anti-terror force planned
> IAN BRUCE
> The Herald, 15 November 2002
>
> AMERICA'S military special forces and the CIA are to set up a joint team
of
> covert counter-intelligence agents to be known as the "proactive
pre-emptive
> operations group" for secret missions targeting terrorist leaders.
>
> The group of about 100 is to include experts in behind-the-lines
> intelligence gathering, computer hacking, and other clandestine skills
> dating back to the days of the cold war.
>
> The PPOG, funded from an increased special operations budget, would be
under
> the direct control of the White House and would carry out missions
> co-ordinated either by the Pentagon or by CIA headquarters at Langley,
> Virginia.
>
> Donald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary, is also considering a request
for
> extra cash which would almost double the current £3.5bn annual budget for
> conventional special forces.
>
> Although the special operations command lists 47,000 personnel on its
books,
> only about 7000 are actual "shooters" and the vast majority provide
> logistical and technological back-up. Delta force, America's equivalent
of
> the SAS, has only 600 elite troopers in its ranks.
>
> The war on terrorism and the need to commit large numbers of men from the
> command in Afghanistan, Yemen, Colombia, the Philippines, Georgia and now
> the Persian Gulf has put a strain on the scarce combat elements of the
> command.
>
> General Charles Holland, the air force officer who leads what the rest of
> the US army calls the "snake-eaters", wants cash and resources to recruit
> and train another 9000 men and women. About 1500 to 2000 would eventually
> raise the command's behind-the-lines capabilities.
>
> Opponents claim that to increase the size of the regiment would be to
dilute
> the exceptional skills of those who make the grade to become troopers in
its
> ranks.
>
> The FBI has received unconfirmed information from intelligence sources
> overseas that hospitals in four US cities could be terrorist targets.
>
> Bob Doguim, Houston FBI spokesman, said the vague threat involved
hospitals
> in Houston, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington and mentioned a time
> between December and April.
>
> "It's non-specific, uncorroborated information, but nonetheless it is
> information we received," Doguim said.
>
> He said the threat mentions the possibility of anthrax or explosives.
>
> The Chicago FBI office said the threat suggested an attack was timed for
> mid-December.
>
>
>