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3 January 2007 - 11:40pm
Negroponte returns to roots
By media girl
The National Intelligence [sic] Director is resigning:
National Intelligence Director John Negroponte will resign to become deputy secretary of state, a government official said Wednesday night.
Negroponte took over in 2005 as the nation's first intelligence chief, responsible for overseeing all 16 U.S. spy agencies. He will return to his roots as a career diplomat to become the No. 2 to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the official said.
Does this mean we can expect US-sponsored death squads in Iraq?
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Great question, but the answer is, it happened immediately after he arrived in Iraq. Even the stodgy old Times of London didn't hesitate to say so, either:
"THE Pentagon is considering forming hit squads of Kurdish and Shia fighters to target leaders of the Iraqi insurgency in a strategic shift borrowed from the American struggle against left-wing guerrillas in Central America 20 years ago."
(quote from El Salvador-style 'death squads' to be deployed by US against Iraq militants)
The "Salvadoran Option", like all hostility, is Bush's [puppeteers'] first choice, as always.