Thanks for leaving Jews out of this one, Psycho. On Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 6:54:01 PM UTC-6, plainolamerican wrote: > > U.S. Special Operations Forces Deployed To 70% (138) Of The World's > Countries In 2016 > --- > just more US terrorism at work. > > [image: Image result for US bomb vietnam] > [image: Related image] > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 5:05:47 PM UTC-6, Kamakazee wrote: >> >> On Jan. 29, U.S. Special Operations Command launched a raid in Yemen >> targeting 38-year-old Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the >> Arabian Peninsula. This was the first high-profile special forces operation >> of Trump's presidency and it resulted in the deaths of at least 14 Al Qaeda >> fighters, over 20 civilians and Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens. Three other >> Americans were reportedly wounded while an Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft was >> destroyed after a hard landing. It emerged in recent days that al-Rimi >> survived the raid, and he released an audio message on Sunday taunting the >> president. >> >> Raids like the one in Yemen are nothing new; U.S. special operations >> troops have been embroiled in constant battle since 9/11 from the back >> alleys of North Africa to the mountains of Afghanistan. However, the >> majority of their missions around the globe are related to training local >> troops to fight, mainly so Americans don't have to. Iraqi special >> operations units such as the Golden Brigade which led the assault on Mosul >> learned their trade from their U.S. counterparts. American Green Berets >> have also trained soldiers in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on how to >> counter Russian proxy warfare, should Moscow conduct similar operations to >> those seen in the Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. >> >> American special forces deployed to 138 nations last year -- 70 percent >> of the world's countries. That's according to data from U.S. Special >> Operations Command *published by TomDispatch* >> <http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/176227/tomgram%3A_nick_turse,_special_ops,_shadow_wars,_and_the_golden_age_of_the_gray_zone/>. >> >> While the official data did not acknowledge military action on the ground >> in Somalia, Syria and Yemen, there is overwhelming evidence to the contrary >> and those three nations were included in the overview. Some 55.29 percent >> of the deployments were in the Middle East, a 35 percent drop since 2006. >> During the same timeframe, deployments of elite troops to Africa >> skyrocketed 1,600 percent. >> >> **Click below to enlarge (charted by Statista <http://www.statista.com/>)* >> >> *http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/02/07/u-s-special-operations-forces-deployed-to-70-of-the-worlds-countries-in-2016-infographic/#6a1cf4fb7b74 >> >> <http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/02/07/u-s-special-operations-forces-deployed-to-70-of-the-worlds-countries-in-2016-infographic/#6a1cf4fb7b74>* >> >> >> [image: 20170202_special_forces] >> <http://blogs-images.forbes.com/niallmccarthy/files/2017/02/20170202_Special_Forces.jpg> >> >
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