| We should have had kill squads out sometime around October, 2001. Many of our favorite participants in the WoT should be doorknob dead by now. Instead, we're "debating" it. My gag reflex is working overtime. |
 The Pentagon is reportedly debating whether to set up elite hit squads to target leaders of Iraq's stubborn insurgency in a strategy copied from tactics used against leftist guerrillas in Central America 20 years ago. The plan, dubbed the the "Salvador option," would have U.S. Special Forces teams advise, support and possibly train Iraqi death squads to target Sunni insurgents and sympathizers, Newsweek said on its Web site yesterday. The teams could be made up of renowned Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Shiite militiamen, military insiders said. The squads could even operate across the border in Syria, where Iraqi and U.S. officials say the insurgency draws support and fighters. It was unclear whether they would assassinate leaders or run "snatch" operations, the magazine said. "What everyone agrees is that we can't just go on as we are," one senior military officer said. |