Kirkpatrick's article went to press, moreover, it became apparent that even the employment of those "crack troops" -- U.S. Army Ranger and Delta Force units in Mogadishu -- is of a piece with this approach: Thanks in no small measure to the abysmal "operational security" that has come to characterize the U.N.

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The report alleged widespread misappropriation of aid and the use of forced labour by the army in the delta.

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James Vaught, a retired lieutenant general who helped create the Army's elite Delta Force, disapproves of the SEALs' participation.

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