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If there are missions in countries that are denied to U.S. military special operations forces, such as Pakistan or Iran, SAD/SOG units are the primary national special missions units to execute those operations. In the "Global War on Terror", SAD has the lead in the covert war being waged against al-Qa'ida. SAD/SOG paramilitary teams have apprehended many of the senior leaders. These include: Abu Zubaydah, the chief of operations for al-Qa'ida; Ramzi Binalshibh, the so called the "20th hijacker"; the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed; Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, alleged to be the mastermind of the USS Cole bombing and leader of al-Qaeda operations in the Persian Gulf prior to his capture in November 2002; and Abu Faraj al-Libi, al-Qa'ida's "field general" believed to have taken the role of No. 3 in al-Qa'ida following the capture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Pakistan. Prior to the beginning of the "War on Terror", SAD/SOG located and captured many notable militants and international criminals, including Abimael Guzman and Carlos the Jackal. These were just three of the over 50 caught by SAD/SOG just between 1983 and 1995.
In 2002, the George W. Bush Administration prepared a list of "terrorist leaders" the CIA is authorized to assassinate, if capture is impractical and civilian casualties can be kept to an acceptable number. The list includes key al-Qa'ida leaders like Osama bin Laden and his chief deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, as well as other principal figures from al-Qa'ida and affiliated groups. This list is called the "high value target list." The U.S. president is not legally required to approve each name added to the list, nor is the CIA required to obtain presidential approval for specific attacks, although the president is kept well informed about operations.
SAD/SOG teams have been dispatched to the country of Georgia, where dozens of al-Qa'ida fugitives from Afghanistan are believed to have taken refuge with Chechen separatists and thousands of refugees in the Pankisi Gorge. Their efforts has already resulted in 15 Arab militants linked to al-Qa'ida being captured.
The SAD/SOG teams have also been active in the Philippines, where 1,200 U.S. military advisers helped to train local soldiers in "counter-terrorist operations" against Abu Sayyaf, a radical Islamist group suspected of ties with al-Qa'ida. Little is known about this U.S. covert action program, but some analysts believe that "the CIAs paramilitary wing, the Special Activities Division (SAD), has been allowed to pursue terrorist suspects in the Philippines on the basis that its actions will never be acknowledged."
On 14 July 2009, several newspapers reported that DCIA Leon Panetta was briefed on a CIA program that had not been briefed to the oversight committees in Congress. Panetta cancelled the initiative and reported its existence to Congress and the President. The program consisted of teams of SAD paramilitary officers organized to execute targeted assassination operations against al-Qa'ida operatives around the world in any country. According to the Los Angeles Times, DCIA Panetta "has not ruled out reviving the program." There is some question as to whether former Vice President Richard Cheney instructed the CIA not to inform Congress. Per senior intelligence officers, this program was an attempt to avoid the civilian casualties that can occur during predator drone stikes using hellfire missiles.
SAD/SOG paramilitary officers executed the clandestine evacuation of U.S. citizens and diplomatic personnel in Somalia, Iraq (during the Persian Gulf War) and Liberia during periods of hostility, as well as the insertion of Paramilitary Operations Officers prior to the entry of U.S. military forces in every conflict since World War Two. SAD officers have operated covertly since 1947 in places such as North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Libya, Iraq, El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Chile, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Somalia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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@DonSolo52 I liked it. At least he know things need to get done and somebody has to do the dirty work.
ccrg109 1 year ago
@TLGA14 Wow, nice comment.. Are you with the the Organization? That would make sense..
DonSolo52 1 year ago
@satanischristian Making sure that you can make that fucking comment without getting your dick cut off asshole.
TLGA14 1 year ago
cia is the biggest terrorist organisation funded by us govt to do all its dirty work all over the world.
satanischristian 1 year ago
What a freaking estrogen fest. Thanks to the hard working soldiers, marines, airmen who helped train the Colombian Army. Thanks to Presidents Uribe, Clinton, Bush, Obama for helping colombia. Thanks to them Colombia is democracy. Venezuela loses freedom day by day. CIA helped us in Colombia as well.
Hetzel56 1 year ago
movie... "Secrets of the CIA"
Google... "Crack the CIA
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craigbatley 2 years ago