Elite U.S. Units Step Up [Effort] Terror in Afghan City Before Attack
Elite U.S. Units Step Up Effort in Afghan City Before Attack: Small bands of elite American Special Operations forces death squads have been operating with increased intensity for several weeks in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan’s largest city, picking up or picking off arresting or killing insurgent leaders to weaken the Taliban in advance of major operations, senior administration and military officials say. It will follow a first offensive, into the hamlet of Marja, that is showing mixed results a waste of time and $$$. As in Iraq, officials said, the strategy will include monetary incentives bribes in the form of economic development money US taxpayer-backed contractor bl*jobs for local leaders and tribal officials who support the government’s security efforts protection of gas and opium pipelines. [I'm really tired of the 'massaging' of the news by the New York Times. 'Monetary incentives.' Come the f*ck on. It's *bribes.* --LRP]