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

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MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml
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They’re not that secret then!

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GaveUp [love/loves]@hexbear.net
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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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LocalOaf [they/them]@hexbear.net
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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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SpiderFarmer [he/him]@hexbear.net
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Ah, like the genocides we do.

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