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DivineChaos100 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months ago

The U.S. Has Dozens of Secret Bases Across the Middle East. They Keep Getting Attacked.

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The U.S. Has Dozens of Secret Bases Across the Middle East. They Keep Getting Attacked.

theintercept.com

DivineChaos100 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months ago
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An Intercept investigation found 63 U.S. bases, garrisons, and shared facilities in the region. U.S. troops are “sitting ducks,” according to one expert.
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    They’re not that secret then!

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      I think they’re only secret in the sense that the US does not officially recognize them on record

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        Ah, like the genocides we do.

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        I know this asking about a distinction without a difference, but is it because these are all technically PMC contractors, or is it a JSOC thing where it’s an open secret but all classified?

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