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Killer elite : inside America's most secret special forces

Includes information on Afghanistan, assassination, Beirut, Osama bin Laden, Bosnia, British Special Air Service (SAS), George W. Bush, CIA, Bill Clinton, Delta, drug barons, Operation Eagle Claw, El Salvador, Second Gulf War, Intelligence Support Activity (ISA), Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jerry King, Lebanon, James Longhofer, al-Qaʼeda, Rangers, Donald Rumsfeld, SEALs, snatch operations, Somolia, special forces, Task Force Ranger, terrorists/terrorism, Vietnam War, etc.

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  • "Includes information on Afghanistan, assassination, Beirut, Osama bin Laden, Bosnia, British Special Air Service (SAS), George W. Bush, CIA, Bill Clinton, Delta, drug barons, Operation Eagle Claw, El Salvador, Second Gulf War, Intelligence Support Activity (ISA), Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jerry King, Lebanon, James Longhofer, al-Qaʼeda, Rangers, Donald Rumsfeld, SEALs, snatch operations, Somolia, special forces, Task Force Ranger, terrorists/terrorism, Vietnam War, etc."@en
  • "A top-secret U.S. Army Special Operations unit has been running covert missions all over the world, from leading death squads to the hideout of drug baron Pablo Escobar to assassinating key al Qaeda members, including Iraqi leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and, in one of their greatest missions, capturing Saddam Hussein. ʺThe Activity, ʺ as it became known to insiders, has achieved near-mythical status, even among the worldʼs Special Operations elite. Now journalist Michael Smith gets inside this clandestine military team to expose their history and secrets. Michael Smith has spoken to many former members of the Activity, and we follow them on operations from the war on the drug barons that led Colombian ʺdeath squadsʺ to the hideouts of Pablo Escobar and his men. We learn of more recent missions, including snatching war criminals from their safe houses in the Balkans (at one time disguising themselves as French soldiers to lull a Serb warlord into a false sense of security), and operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa."@en
  • "A history of the elite U.S. Army special operations unit describes their organization after the failed hostage rescue attempt in 1980 and their clandestine missions, from the assassinations of key al Qa'eda members to the capture of Saddam Hussein."
  • "The inside story of America's most secret Special Forces unit, 'Killer Elite', looks at the secretive Intelligence Support Activity, which can operate undercover in any part of the world. Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson."@en
  • "A top-secret U.S. Army Special Operations unit has been running covert missions all over the world, from leading death squads to the hideout of drug baron Pablo Escobar to assassinating key al Qaeda members, including Iraqi leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and, in one of their greatest missions, capturing Saddam Hussein. 'The Activity, ' as it became known to insiders, has achieved near-mythical status, even among the world's Special Operations elite. Hidden from the politicians and the government bean counters, The Activity has been carrying out deniable operations, preparing the way for Delta and SEAL Team Six."
  • "America's most secret Special Forces unit does not even have a name. Formed as the 'Intelligence Support Activity', it has had a succession of innocuous titles to hide its ferocious purpose. It exists to 'undertake activities only when other intelligence or operational support elements are unavailable or inappropriate'.Translated from Pentagon-speak, this means operating undercover in the world's most dangerous places, penetrating enemy organizations including Al Qa'eda, Hamas and Islamic Jihad. 'The Activity' combines the spy work of the CIA with the commando/SAS role of the Green Berets. It not only provides the intelligence on the ground - it translates it into 'direct action'. This is the unit that located Saddam Hussein and recently led the intelligence operation that found and killed Osama Bin Laden.This is the untold story behind the world's most secret Special Operations organisation."

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