U.S. Used Secret Order to Attack Al-Qaeda Worldwide

U.S. Used Secret Order to Attack Al-Qaeda Worldwide

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Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. military has been using a secret order to target suspected al-Qaeda terrorists anywhere in the world since spring 2004, the New York Times said, citing unidentified senior American officials.

The order, signed by then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld with the approval of President George W. Bush, gave the military powers to launch raids in sovereign nations not at war with the U.S., the newspaper said.

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Quite interesting.... Especially as I had heard a few of these before but they were never affiliated with relation to the US....

I suppose this isnt really "new" news, as to be honest, I think we all knew that the US does what ever it wants anyway... So I suppose you can call this proof we already knew about?


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[edit on 10/11/2008 by Kliskey]