Las fuerzas
especiales del Imperio hicieron docencia (militar, mayormente) en el 70% de los
países del mundo durante 2016. Esto es lo que se desprende del breve informe
que salió hoy en Zero Hedge:
Título: U.S.
Special Forces Deployed To 70% Of The World In 2016
Texto: U.S.
Special Operations Command launched a raid in Yemen’s Baida Province on Jan 29,
targeting Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The
first high-profile special forces operation of Trump’s presidency, the raid
resulted in the deaths of at least 14 Al Qaeda fighters, 20 civilians and Navy
SEAL William “Ryan” Owens. Three other Americans were reportedly wounded and an
Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft was destroyed by U.S. forces after it was heavily
damaged in a forced landing. Over the past few days, it has emerged that
al-Rimi survived the raid and he has subsequently released an audio message
taunting President Trump.
As The Burning
Platform's Jim Quinn notes, special forces operations like the one in Yemen are
nothing new. America’s elite troops have found themselves on the frontlines
constantly since 9/11, conducting operations everywhere from the dusty back
alleys of North Africa to the snow-capped mountains of Afghanistan. Even though
they have made headlines for high-profile operations like the prison break near
Hawija in Iraq or the raid on Bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound in Afghanistan,
the vast majority of special forces missions across the world involve training
friendly soldiers to fight, mainly so Americans don’t have to.
Although US elite
troops typically only appear in the media when an event of particular relevance
(such as the capture and murder of Osama bin Laden in 2011), this does not mean
that they are not active. As this infographic above shows, elaborated by
Statista, these forces were present in 138 States last year or 70% of the
world’s countries according to official Special Operations Command data
published by TomDispatch. 55.29% of deployments were in the Middle East, a 35%
decease since 2006. In Africa, deployments of elite U.S. forces skyrocketed
1,600 percent during the same timeframe.
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