| ID | 182245 |
| Title Proper | Winning Ugly |
| Other Title Information | what the waronterror cost America |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ackerman, Elliot |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | My¼rst mission as a paramilitary ocer with the CIA was
against a top-ten al Qaeda
target.Itwas the autumn of2009,and I
had been deployed inmynew job for a
total of two days. But I was no stranger
to Afghanistan, having already fought
there (aswellas in Iraq) as a Marine
Corps ocer over the previous sixyears.
Onthis mission, I was joinedbythe
Afghan counterterrorism unit I advised
and a handful of members from SEAL
TeamSix. Our plan was to conduct a
raid to capture or kill our target, who was
coming across the border from Pakistan
for a meeting in the Korengal Valley. |
| `In' analytical Note | Foreign Affairs Vol. 100, No.5; Sep-Oct 2021: p.66-101 |
| Journal Source | Foreign Affairs Vol: 100 No 5 |
| Key Words | America ; Terror Cost |