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Originally Posted by BigBen
This may not be the most politically correct statement, but here goes:
I would create a team of operatives, their sole task would be to hunt down terrorists and kill them with extreme prejudice. A panel of judges (identities secret) would have veto power on the assasinations. The entire international intelligence community resources would be brought to bear.
These guys would be hard-core, extreme killers. Snipers, assaulters, demolitions, the whole gambit.
We would never know about them. They would leave no calling card. We would not parade them as heroes, nor mention thier existence. If caught, we would deny everything.
And they would be well funded. Very well compensated.
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Very interesting post...I could see this happening as well. With the Coalition spending so much in lives and currency in Iraq, I just don't see them leaving Iraq without maintaining some sort of permanent intelligence presence -- with one function being exactly as you describe above. As it stands now, I would imagine many, many contacts have been made, many relationships built, infrastructure developed, political alliances created, intelligence agents recruited...I see the Iraq of the future as a budding Middle Eastern 'intelligence foothold' for certain world powers - an ongoing presence in the region on a scale that has never existed before. The purpose of this presence will be to monitor foreign and domestic political activities, watch for potential terrorist activities, promote change and development in the Middle East, etc, etc. Too much has been invested to simply cut and run.