Billy Waugh, 93, 'Godfather of the Green Berets,' Is Dead
He was a Special Forces soldier during the Vietnam War then worked for the C.I.A., tracking Osama bin Laden in Sudan and fighting in Afghanistan after 9/11.
Source: nytimes.com
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Billy Waugh, 'Godfather of the Green Berets,' dies at 93 | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Waugh, a well-known, colorful and blunt-spoken figure in the intelligence community, was a Special Forces veteran by the time he arrived in Laos in 1961, in the early days of the Vietnam War.
Source: staradvertiser.com
Intel: US-led coalition reaffirms support for prisons holding IS fighters in northeast Syria
August 2, 2021 The American commander of the US-led military coalition to defeat the Islamic State (IS) reaffirmed international support for Syria’s Kurdish-led fighters on Sunday, announcing new aid to help secure prisons holding IS detainees. Speaking at a conference in the Syrian city of Hasakah, Lt. Gen. Paul Calvert highlighted additional assistance to upgrade detention centers run by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Shadadi and Suwwar. Calvert also noted recent international support for the People's Protection Units (YPG) annex at the notorious al-Hol internment camp,...
Source: al-monitor.com