U.S. Special Operations forces are not required to vet for past human rights violations by the foreign troops they arm and train as surrogates, newly disclosed documents show.
American commandos pay, train and equip foreign partner forces and then dispatch them on kill-or-capture operations.
The Pentagon rarely discusses its use of surrogates, or the foreign troops with whom Special Operations forces work to pursue specific objectives.
A similar gap exists in another Pentagon surrogate force program for so-called irregular warfare. It is aimed at disrupting nation-state rivals via operations that fall short of full armed conflict — including sabotage, hacking and information campaigns like propaganda or clandestine efforts to shape morale.
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