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ROLE OF SPECIAL FORCES IN COUNTER TERRORISM

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ROLE OF SPECIAL FORCES IN COUNTER TERRORISM

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    1. ROLE OF SPECIAL FORCES IN COUNTER TERRORISM

    3. “The Maoist insurgency in Nepal may be one of the last surviving operations of a little known Chinese intelligence organ known as the Ministry of Foreign Liaison, a body of CCP set up in Mao Tse Tung’s time. This “Ministry” recruited and supported mostly Third World extremist Maoist groups, such as in Nepal and Burma, the New People’s Army of Philippines, the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, Japanese Red Army, and Shining Path in Peru. Not all those revolutionary movements survived. One that did is the Nepalese Maoist Communist Party of Nepal. Chinese intelligence infiltration operations into Nepal, that began decades ago, set off a self-perpetuating Maoist “People’s War” that has never really ended. It would be in China’s interests to install a regime in Kathmandu that is not too friendly with the US or India.”

    4. “Although the Army remained largely conventional – relying on tanks, guns and infantry – the cutting edge was in Special Forces. This required a new kind of officer, one with good language skills, initiative, and political judgment. The task of Special Forces is the proxy application of force at low and precisely calculated levels, the objective being to achieve some political effect, not a battlefield victory.” - Stephen P Cohen in his book “The Idea of Pakistan.”

    5. Germans - pseudo teams in Ardennes in WW II. British - pseudo teams against communist guerillas and in Kenya against Mau – Mau insurgents. Rhodesia - Selous Scouts (raised 1973) killed 68% terrorists in six year Bush War at cost of 40 Scouts. SAS - operating in Iraq, Afghanistan, African countries. Spetznaz - operating in CIS, Eastern bloc countries. USSF - in 170 countries (2009). President Obama recently sanctioned USSF in 75 countries for GWOT. SSG - active in J&K, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bangladesh. SPECAL FORCES EMPLOYMENT

    6. CORE TASKS : FOREIGN SPECIAL FORCES Direct Action. Special Reconnaissance. Foreign Internal Defence. Unconventional Warfare. Counter Terrorism. Counter Proliferation of WMDs. Civil Affairs Operations. Psychological operations. Information Operations.

    7. USSF TASKS Conduct proactive, sustained “man hunting” and disruption operations globally. Build partner capacity in relevant ground, air and maritime capabilities in scores of countries on a steady - state basis. Help generate persistent ground, air and maritime surveillance and strike coverage over “under-governed” areas and littoral zones. Employ unconventional warfare against state sponsored terrorism and trans-national terrorist groups globally.

    8. ROLE IN COUNTER TERRORISM Intelligence, Surveillance, Psychological operations. Neutralize terrorist leaders, organizations, support groups, infrastructure. Rival / Pseudo Gang operations. Selective raids, ambushes, snatch operations. Incidence response operations. Establish unconventional deterrence - control fault lines of states sponsoring terrorism.

    9. INDIAN SPECIAL FORCES Special Forces Battalions (Army). MARCOS (Navy). Garuda (Air Force). Special Groups (SFF). Aviation Research Centre. Special Action Groups (NSG).

    10. UNIVERSAL SPECIAL FORCES TRUTHS Truth One Humans Are More Important than Hardware. Truth Two Quality is Better Than Quantity. Truth Three Special Forces Cannot be Mass Produced. Truth Four Competent Special Forces Cannot be Created Overnight After Emergencies Arise.

    11. Command, Control, Tasking and Coordination at highest level. Quality Manpower. State of the Art “Packaged” Equipping. Intelligence. Training / Joint Training.

    12. “I continued to advocate for an aggressive and proactive counter and forward intelligence thrust against Pakistan. My voice was rarely heard and mostly ignored.” “The Pakistani establishment is a geopolitical bully. The best response to blunt such a bully is to take the war inside his home. India has allowed itself to be blackmailed by Pakistan even before it went nuclear. The sabre rattling of “coercive diplomacy”, which is nothing but sterile military power, cannot convince the Islamist Pakistani Establishment that India can take the border skirmishes inside their homes and hit at the very roots of the jaundiced islamist groups.” - MK Dhar, Former Joint Director IB in his book ‘Open Secrets’.

    13. “If one has to choose between cowardice and violence, I will choose violence”. - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. (as told to Lt Gen LP Sen – then Commander Designate 191 Infantry Brigade in 1947).

    14. National Strategy & Doctrine to Employ Special Forces. Apex organization for command and control, tasking, operational & intelligence inputs, coordination, manning, equipping and training. Link with intelligence agencies & NCTC through NATGRID. Outward focus (Military Special Forces) - unconventional deterrence. Pro-active employment in hinterland operations. Training incl Joint Training.

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