{"id":30703,"date":"2012-07-09T18:09:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T22:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=30703"},"modified":"2012-07-09T18:09:28","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T22:09:28","slug":"xeaths-of-three-soldiers-exposes-secret-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=30703","title":{"rendered":"Deaths of three soldiers exposes “secret” operation"},"content":{"rendered":"

TT sends us a link from the Washington Post<\/a> about the deaths of three special operations soldiers who died mysteriously in a car crash last April with three local women in Mali, Africa after the US had publicly announced that our aid to that country had ended. Apparently, the CID is taking time out from investigating bloggers to determine the facts of the car crash;<\/p>\n

At the very least, the April 20 accident exposed a team of Special Operations forces that had been working for months in Mali, a Saharan country racked by civil war and a rising Islamist insurgency. More broadly, the crash has provided a rare glimpse of elite U.S. commando units in North Africa, where they have been secretly engaged in counterterrorism actions against al-Qaeda affiliates. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At the same time, the crash in Mali has revealed some details of the commandos\u2019 clandestine activities that apparently had little to do with counterterrorism. The women killed in the wreck were identified as Moroccan prostitutes who had been riding with the soldiers, according to a senior Army official and a U.S. counterterrorism consultant briefed on the incident, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, in the wake of the Secret Service scandals which have come to light, speculation about this accident involving the occupations of the three civilian women will cast doubts on the actual mission. But I find it difficult to believe that three soldiers obviously fighting a secret war undercover in a nation we had publicly abandoned would engage in mischief of that sort.<\/p>\n

I also doubt that Mitch McConnell would eulogize CPT Daniel Utley who was killed in that accident on the floor of the Senate if there was a whiff of scandal involved.<\/p>\n

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The 3 were Capt. \u00adDaniel H. Utley, 33, and Sgt. 1st Class Marciano E. Myrthil, 39, were members of the 91st Civil Affairs Battalion, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, which is based at Fort Bragg, N.C. and Master Sgt. Trevor J. Bast, 39, a communications technician with the Intelligence and Security Command at Fort Belvoir, VA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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