Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Why Britain's Special Services Are So Special

Special Forces Provide Unique Abilities In Afghanistan -- Times Online

Five hundred members of the special forces represents a huge deployment of the British Army’s most prized and potent asset. And it is one that will draw approval from General Stanley McChrystal, the overall commander in Afghanistan and the former commander of US Special Forces in Iraq.

In Iraq, British and US special forces and intelligence units under General McChrystal’s command worked in close partnership to develop a new way of attacking insurgent organisations, one that tried to outdo the insurgents in terms of information gathering and speed. It is now being used against the Taleban in Afghanistan.

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My Comment: These are the type of soldiers that Gen. McChrystal wants in Afghanistan.

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