Some military officials and analysts we interviewed suggested the targeted kill-capture campaign cannot hope to put the same pressure on insurgents as it did in Iraq because high level leaders can always flee to Pakistan. ❋ Erica Gaston (2011)
The offer came from an insurgent known as Mullah Sadiq, who had been on the U.S. kill-capture list since 2005. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In recent months, small teams of Army commandos, Navy Seals and Central Intelligence Agency operatives have intensified the pace of what the military often calls "kill-capture missions" — hunting down just one or two insurgents at a time who are deemed too recalcitrant to be won over by any goodwill campaign. ❋ Michael M. Phillips (2010)
Priority to “kill-capture” enemy, not on engaging population. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The CIA team did have kill-capture authority on Mullah Omar. ❋ Bob Woodward (2010)
Army is so institutionally biased toward fighting its own battles -- the "kill-capture mission," as Ham says -- that it resisted training advisers for far too long. ❋ Unknown (2007)
There is even some mild concern in intelligence circles that Petraeus is so comfortable with the targeting side of the counterterrorism equation that, in his new CIA role, his kill-capture strategy may take precedence over the long-term surveillance and slow, painstaking, gumshoe-style work that is the bread and butter of the spy world. ❋ Unknown (2011)
When the CIA's Pashtun snitches get used for attacking terrorists, they're "'more kill-capture' than capture-kill," the Post reports. ❋ Spencer Ackerman - Danger Room (2011)
"In recent months, small teams of Army commandos, Navy Seals and Central Intelligence Agency operatives have intensified the pace of what the military often calls 'kill-capture missions' - hunting down just one or two insurgents at a time who are deemed too recalcitrant to be won over by any goodwill campaign," the Journal continued. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Over the weekend, a US Special Forces unit returning from one of these "kill-capture" raids encountered an Afghan National Army outpost and attacked it, apparently believing it was battling Taliban fighters. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In recent months, small teams of Army commandos, Navy Seals and Central Intelligence Agency operatives have intensified the pace of what the military often calls "kill-capture missions" -- hunting down just one or two insurgents at a time who are deemed too recalcitrant to be won over by any goodwill campaign. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In recent months, small teams of Army commandos, Navy Seals and Central Intelligence Agency operatives have intensified the pace of what the military often calls "kill-capture missions" - hunting down just one or two insurgents at a time who are deemed too recalcitrant to be won over by any goodwill campaign. ❋ Unknown (2010)
"kill-capture" missions waged in the mountains of Afghanistan since 2001. ❋ Unknown (2010)
