Author(s): Michael Smith

Current Affairs

The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Forces Unit The unit so secret it doesn't even have a name. America's most secret Special Forces unit was formed as the 'Intelligence Support Activity' and has had a succession of innocuous titles to hide its purpose: operating undercover in the world's most dangerous places, penetrating enemy organisations including al-Qa'eda, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Intelligence plus direct action makes the unit lethal enough to have located Saddam Hussein, and it is now dedicated to the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. From its creation in the wake of the abortive Iranian hostage rescue mission, to the rescue of hostages and the killing of terrorist leaders, this is the untold story of America's soldiers, for everyone from Special Forces enthusiasts to conspiracy theorists...