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nadinbrzezinski SOLDIER’S FACEBOOK POST RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT U.S. SPECIAL FORCES IN SYRIAanuary 17, 2012 (San Diego)— On January 2, a soldier in San Diego linked to Special Forces posted on his Facebook page that he was deploying to Syria. The soldier’s Facebook page has been scrubbed, as well as almost all references to him. Still, this tantalizing piece of information startled readers, leading many to ask: does our country have troops in Syria and if so, why? The likely presence of U.S. special forces inside Syria, a nation descending into civil war, may come as a surprise to the American public. But it’s no secret to many in Congress, where testimony before the Armed Services Committee as of last year by a top military official confirmed that the US has Special forces in over 20 Mideast countries including Syria, The Nation reported in 2010. According to U.S. Navy Admiral Eric Olson, outdoing chief of Special Operations Command, in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee last year said that the U.S. had special operations troops in 20 countries in the Middle East. The Nation further reported that Colonel Tim Nye estimated in August that by the end of 2011, the U.S. would likely have special forces deployed in 120 countries. http://www.thenation.com/article/162566/secret-war-120-countries. That’s a big jump from June 2010, when the Washington Post reported special operations in 70 countries. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/03/AR2010060304965.html. The Facebook posting raises additional questions. Why would a special forces soldier reveal the destination for a mission online? That answer may never be known, since according to family, he lost his life overseas and his body is en route home. http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/8423 Point one, sorry for the length of the article, it is long. It is best read at the ECM site since it is chockfull of links... Brickbat (10,774 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore1. Who was the soldier and what was his "link"?Union is my religion. Also: Spread the Word to End the Word: http://www.r-word.org/ Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to Brickbat (Reply #1)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:14 PM nadinbrzezinski (101,095 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore2. The soldier is dead and the page was scrubbedI happen to have it. His link was to the US Army Special Operations Command.Occupy: Guide to the Perplexed http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/120904 Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #2)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:16 PM Brickbat (10,774 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore3. But what was the link? He was a member?How and when did he die?Union is my religion. Also: Spread the Word to End the Word: http://www.r-word.org/ Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to Brickbat (Reply #3)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:19 PM nadinbrzezinski (101,095 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore4. How he died, in actionwhere, I have my suspicions, but I could not tell you for sure, the DoD will confirm that when pigs fly, and it would put at risk an ongoing operation. You understand that. But we have, just form the open source material and doing a lot of reading between the lines, a good idea. Which reminds me. Any of you are in the armed forces, lose lips sink ships. Truly, there is quite a bit we are NOT going to publish either. Occupy: Guide to the Perplexed http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/120904 Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #4)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:22 PM Brickbat (10,774 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore6. Did you call the family?Union is my religion. Also: Spread the Word to End the Word: http://www.r-word.org/ Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to Brickbat (Reply #6)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:28 PM nadinbrzezinski (101,095 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore9. Friends of his didI got a non denial denial from his command. He is being buried this week. Occupy: Guide to the Perplexed http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/120904 Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #9)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:52 PM Robb (33,916 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore17. Post the denial, please.And the name of the officer you spoke with, thank you."The result of ubiquitous paranoia is not disbelief. It is credulity." -- Sarah Kendzior Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to Robb (Reply #17)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:59 PM nadinbrzezinski (101,095 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore20. No... that is info that I will not release herenot on an open forum. Occupy: Guide to the Perplexed http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/120904 Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #20)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 01:13 PM Robb (33,916 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore30. Then I call bullshit, sorry.If you called a base and identified yourself as press, you spoke with a trained information officer who gave you a quote you can use."The result of ubiquitous paranoia is not disbelief. It is credulity." -- Sarah Kendzior Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to Robb (Reply #30)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 01:17 PM nadinbrzezinski (101,095 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore34. Yes I did... you are correct, one that took 36 hours to get backI both called and emailed the base. But you are free to call this bullshit. I know that how this came out we were going WTF ourselves... due to the actual rank violation of OpSec... But in twenty years or when pigs fly and this finally comes out... remember you read it here first. Occupy: Guide to the Perplexed http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/120904 Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #34)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 01:18 PM Robb (33,916 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore35. Then you can post that email."The result of ubiquitous paranoia is not disbelief. It is credulity." -- Sarah Kendzior Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to Robb (Reply #35)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 01:23 PM nadinbrzezinski (101,095 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore39. It is out of respect to the family I will notYou understand that? I hope you do. Occupy: Guide to the Perplexed http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/120904 Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #39)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 01:28 PM Robb (33,916 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore40. Respect to the family of the information officer?That makes no sense. If you, as a member of the press, emailed someone at a base and they got back to you, you can disclose it. You can redact some information if you feel it somehow besmirches the fallen soldier. You can at a minimum give the name of the information officer you called and emailed. "The result of ubiquitous paranoia is not disbelief. It is credulity." -- Sarah Kendzior Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to Robb (Reply #40)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 01:29 PM nadinbrzezinski (101,095 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore41. Sure you can have the PAOSFC Michael R. Noggle U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Work: 910-432-4587 BB: 910-922-1510 Occupy: Guide to the Perplexed http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/120904 Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #41)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 01:31 PM Robb (33,916 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore42. Good start. Now the email, please."The result of ubiquitous paranoia is not disbelief. It is credulity." -- Sarah Kendzior Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to Robb (Reply #42)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 02:39 PM nadinbrzezinski (101,095 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore49. No, you are free to believe or not whatever you wanthave a good day. Occupy: Guide to the Perplexed http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/120904 Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #41)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 02:02 PMMinervaX (63 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore47. I'm really not sure what kind of point you are trying to make.In one post you say, you won't post the info because it violates OPSEC, something that you as a citizen are not obliged to uphold and in another you say you are protecting a dead soldier's family. I think you think you are some cyber Mata Hari, I haven't seen anything that you can back up. Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response to MinervaX (Reply #47)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 02:40 PM nadinbrzezinski (101,095 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore50. Ok there are things about this story that you will NOT getit will put lives at risk and sources at risk, You understand that? It has nothing to do with mata hari. No, the NYP does not print all there is to any story EITHER.
Liberty Belle (6,427 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore63. His wife posted on his Facebook count that he had died, but would not respond to media request for cOnly contact available was through the Occupy Page and family later posted that they would be returning all emails unread.
Yeah, because NOBODY on Facebook is a bullshit artist....noooooooo.
Yeah, and we could solve America's obesity problem by just using the descriptions from FB and dating sites for the statistical base...
There's a reason why patriotism is considered a conservative value. Watch a Tea Party rally and you'll see people proudly raising the American flag and showing pride in U.S. heroes such as Thomas Jefferson. Watch an OWS rally and you'll see people burning the American flag while showing pride in communist heroes such as Che Guevera. --Bob, from some news site
Response to Robb (Reply #79)Tue Jan 17, 2012, 04:48 PMProdigalJunkMail (8,536 posts) 97. Robb, this is how she does it...extreme claims...smoke and mirrors...feigned knowledge of the unknowable...no actual facts...it is SOP.
"But in twenty years or when pigs fly and this finally comes out... remember you read it here first. "
In 24 business hours nadin and Liberty Belle are going to be more famous than Woodward and Bernstein, bank on it.
This guy identified himself as a former Army soldier in Oct of '11, and was marching in San Diego with Veterans for Peace on Dec 23rd, yet we are to believe that he somehow got himself back on active duty and deployed to Syria on Jan 2. Smells like to me. I think nadin is just trying to showcase her mad google skills again.
Jesse MacBeth/Jimmy Massie redux?
Oh shit, I'm not going to live that long....can I at least buy a vowel?
nadinbrzezinski (101,107 posts)Oh and the story being strange... yup, it is. I could write a John LaCarre style novel out of this. I might, I have the notes.
nadinbrzezinski56. Yes I didgo ahead poke all the holes you want... I will even offer you a target. Personally man bytes dog stories are much easier to do. You can even call the vet and he will tell you, how many stitches were used. This one is not that easy... some of this... we cannot get any comment from official places, and at this point from family. There are reasons for that, very good reasons. Now man bytes dog, sure. By the way I expected the knives, that does not surprise me. And I can tell you this, while in the article I did not want to leap to the obvious conclusion, personally I know we have them there.
26. Here, a copy and paste from his FB pageJay Polk Last day in sd leave in the morning for syria love u guys at osd wish u all the best in everything yall do hope I see u guys again if not you all have my love goodbye guys and gals It is gone... No, we did not make this up... As Tabatha said he could have been on his way to the border on the Jordanian side. But we have reason to believe that we either have or had teams on the ground. On background, and no, I will not tell you more, or I will expose a source, we were told what they were doing. To be frank... OpSec was violated six ways to Sunday.
Translation for man "bytes" dog please.
Julie Mills added Occupy San Diego to her work.January 10 at 8:38pm
Funniest post in the whole thread: Can you imagine a novel by nutcase nadin?Compared with her as a writer, mythsaje is Shakespeare.Compared with her as a reporter, the crawling alcoholic Pitt is Edward R. Murrow.
