US launches secret drone campaign in Syria
Are we seeing the elimination of "rogue IS elements" that are not following the chain of command restrictions of their Western and Gulf State handlers?
… from Press TV, Tehran
JSOC
[ Editor’s Note: We
are getting a peek into evolving and competing anti-terrorism
operations and jurisdictions in the counter-IS effort, made even more
bizarre by the established record of having used IS as a major “war on
the cheap” destabilization tool.
When the confirmation of these long time
allegations came with the recently-released DIA internal report that
this IS evolution was “encouraged and watched”, despite written warnings
that it could grow out of control, the “conspiracy” smearing on critics
of their involvement stopped.
The reports so far claim JSOC is running
this whole Syria operation with the CIA sticking to its already
established armed drone operations in places like Pakistan and
Afghanistan. This claim has to be moderated with the history of
extensive CIA operations in Jordan for years now.
The military has been feared by many over
having its role in drone attacks expanded due to what will politely be
described as trigger happiness, but that has to be viewed in the context
of the CIA attacks having killed many civilians, as the Jihadi
leadership targets are always hosted and located in civilian areas.
Are
we seeing the elimination of “rogue IS elements” who are not following
the chain-of-command restrictions of their Western and Gulf State
handlers?
Or are these rogue elements working for
the shadow government elements, which have been heavily involved in the
Syrian terror war, with the rogues being used as a screen for deniable
Pentagon operations? We will continue to watch this closely… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published …. September 02, 2015 –
The CIA and US Special Forces have launched a secret drone campaign in Syria to target senior operatives of the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group, according to a report. The clandestine operation is part of a targeted killing program that is run separately from the broader US military campaign against the terrorists, The Washington Post reports.
The Central Intelligence Agency and the US Joint Special Operations Command are both flying armed drones over Syria, killing several “high-value” operatives in recent weeks, including a British militant believed to be an architect of the group’s cyber activities, officials told The Post.
“These people are being
identified and targeted through a separate effort,” said a senior US
official with knowledge of the operation, referring to the 21-year-old
British militant, Junaid Hussain, and others killed in recent weeks.
The covert program is launched a year after President Barack Obama
authorized an open-ended campaign of airstrikes to “degrade and
ultimately destroy” the brutal militancy in Iraq and Syria.It represents a significant expansion of the CIA’s involvement in the war in Syria, where the Daesh terrorists continue to control large swathes of land despite more than 2,400 airstrikes over the past year.
Obama’s decision to enlist the
CIA and special operations forces reflects a growing frustration within
the US counterterrorism community that conventional airstrikes have so
far failed to degrade Daesh.
The program also complicates Obama’s goal of gradually shifting US
drone operations from the CIA to the Defense Department and returning
the nation’s spy agency to the role of more traditional espionage.US officials said the National Security Agency (NSA) has also been tasked with penetrating the communications networks of the Daesh group, which has relied heavily on social media to spread propaganda and attract recruits.
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