by Muriel Kane
The Raw Story
May 13, 2009
It was reported on Tuesday that Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal will be taking over command of US forces in Afghanistan, pending Senate approval.
McChrystal is presently director of the Joint Chiefs staff, but from September 2003 to August 2008, he headed the Joint Special Operations Command JSOC, which oversees such elite units as the Army’s Delta Force and the Navy SEALs.
Famed investigative reporter Seymour Hersh recently described the JSOC as an “executive assassination wing” controlled for many years by the office of former Vice President Dick Cheney.
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via The Raw Story (no longer available) ICH: Did newly announced top Afghan general run Cheney’s assassination wing?
From the archives:
McChrystal Choice Suggests Special Ops Strikes Will Continue By Gareth Porter
Seymour Hersh: Secret US Forces Carried Out Assassinations
Seymour Hersh: Cheney’s Hit Squads
Countdown: Cheney’s Secret Assassination Ring
Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh describes ‘executive assassination ring’ By Eric Black
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