Secret Order Lets U.S. Raid Al Qaeda
November 10, 2008, New York Times
http://www.nytimes. com/2008/ 11/10/washington /10military. html
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. 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 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. In 2006, for example, a Navy Seal team raided a
suspected militants’ compound in the Bajaur region of Pakistan. Some of
the military missions have been conducted in close coordination with
the C.I.A.. In others, like the Special Operations raid in Syria on
Oct. 26 of this year, the military commandos acted in support of
C.I.A.-directed operations.
Apart from the 2006 raid into Pakistan, the
American officials refused to describe in detail what they said had
been nearly a dozen previously undisclosed attacks, except to say they
had been carried out in Syria, Pakistan and other countries.
The new
authority was spelled out in a classified document called “Al Qaeda
Network Exord,” or execute order. The 2004 order identifies 15 to 20
countries, including Syria, Pakistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and several
other Persian Gulf states.Note: For key reports on government secrecy from
major media sources, click here.
يبين الخبر ان امريكا منذ 2004 اعطت صلاحيات هجوم محدود للسي أي اي او قوات اخرى
في عمليات عسكرية او استخباراتية في 20 دولة بضمنها السعودية و بعض دول الخليج لم
يسمها الخبر
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