US Training of Death Squads in Iraq? - War Is A Crime .org

committing – crimes against humanity, for which they soon must be made to stand trial, like inmy country where court hearings have started with Dutch war criminals.*Crimes against humanity: US Task Force 121Task Force 121 is a classic example of the United State's 'Joint Task Force' concept ofconducting Special Operations. TF121 is a multiservice force commanded by an Air ForceBrigadier General. The spearhead of the force is a forty-man team that is most likely made up ofoperators from Delta, Devgroup and the CIA's paramilitary units (many of whom are ex Deltaand Devgroup anyway).Other Special Operations contributions will include Air Force Combat Controllers and SpecialOperations aircraft*. It is also not unlikely that operators from Coalition nations [the 'so called'Coalition of the Willing/Killing- HR] (particularly the British and Australian SAS and Poland'sGROM) are involved in TF121.The team operates with the support of a much larger conventional force when required, and iscovered by the US 'Death Squad Protection Act'*US 'Death Squad Protection Act'*In the 29th of June 1995, #4 issue of the 'Intelligence Newsletter', there already was a story onthe future threat of this kind of 'United States global Gestapo': 'Covert Unit Alive and Kicking.':The U.S. military's “'Black' Special Operations Unit, once known as the Intelligence SupportActivity (ISA) is now operating across the world under a different name and could even see itsbudget and powers increase significantly as sharper emphasis is put on special operations andHUMINT in the post-Cold War period.”The unit's mission remains focussed on counter-terrorism and … it is becoming increasinglyinvolved in counter-proliferation, economic espionage and information warfare… ISA'ssuccessor is also likely to be asked to provide crucial intelligence if the Pentagon needs to backup its counter-proliferation strategy with interdiction and preemptive strikes. The unit is said tobe already providing intelligence on black markets in nuclear and bio/chemical weapons byinfiltrating agents into gangs dealing in such activity.”Shades Of VietnamIn Berkeley, a moved and angry Seymour Hersh told the auditorium: “It's shades of Vietnamagain, folks: body counts,” And he also said “My parents were immigrants, they came herebecause America meant something?the Statue of Liberty and all that stuff, because Americaalways was this bastion of morality and integrity and a place for a fresh start.And it's right in front of us, not hidden, that they've taken this away from us.”One can only agree with Hersh, that the suffering, and damage, done to so many people, in somany countries, by the United States governments and their ilk, will take generations to repair.58