Does resurgeance of Brit. SAS in Afghanistan mean that Trump has gone w/Blackwater Solution?

[Would a resurgeance of the British SAS forces indicate that Trump is turning towards the Eric Prince option of privatizing the Afghan war, considering British history in covert warfare?]

[SEE:  British SAS—Terrorists Or Storm-Troopers? ; British SAS and the Privatization of Covert Action ]

 

SAS forced to join Donald Trump’s military

surge in Afghanistan in latest war on the

Taliban

 

 

Brit elite troops, drones and warplanes to be deployed to support US build-up amid fears the Islamic fundamentalists could topple the moderate Afghan government

By Patrick Knox

BRITAIN’S SAS is gearing up to return to Afghanistan to destroy the Taliban as part of Donald Trump’s planned military surge, it’s claimed.

The special forces are about to be given the green light to hunt down Taliban leaders as well as ISIS and al-Qaeda militants they’re sheltering, senior military sources say.

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SAS troops are returning to Afghanistan in a big way, sources say

It comes after it emerged British intelligence helped persuade the US about the need to curb the resurgent Taliban.

The extremists were toppled in 2001 after it was linked to the 9/11 attacks in New York just months before.

Despite arguing for a quick withdrawal in his election campaign, US President Donald Trump announced last week he was sending another 4,000 troops because he now fears quitting too quick could create a power vacuum.

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NATO has 12,000 troops in Afghanistan but the Taliban has been regaining large swathes of the war-torn country after a draw down of its troops from 2011.

No formal request has been received from the Americans, according to The Sunday Times.

But the paper reports ministers expect the Pentagon to ask for the SAS to use its prized expertise to help with the surge in US special forces.

It also reveals that the elite troops along with the Special Boat Service operatives are already playing a key role in a “scoping exercise” to consider what NATO assets could be sent to Afghanistan.

A senior Whitehall official said: “The special forces are clearly a key element of our military capability in this kind of operation.”

Britain could also send drones and aircraft to help identify targets for raids.

Some 454 UK troops have died in the war, mostly between 2006 and 2011 with 2,188 wounded.

The US lost 2,271 troops.