In the past year, the United States says it helped the Kenyan army develop a Ranger Strike Force, an elite counter-terrorism unit capable of conducting operations against infiltrators and armed groups.

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Insp Ed Turner, from the Cleveland and Durham specialist operations unit, said the results demonstrated the need for the campaign.

BBC: Speeding op catches 700 drivers in seven days

Officers from the Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit found the goods after stopping a van on Marton Road in the town.

BBC: Tees

As a result, with the advent and growth of the Special Operations community in the 1970s and 1980s, the Marine Corps resisted in creating its own Special Operations unit.

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