(Washington Post) - The Pentagon is preparing to consolidate control of most of the global war on terrorism under the U.S. Special Operations Command, according to government sources. Special Operations units have been active in Pakistan for months and are training military forces in Yemen and Georgia. The U.S. also has more than 500 Special Operations troops in the African nation of Djibouti, near potential hot spots such as Yemen and Somalia.
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