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'''Al Qaeda Network Exord''' is a classified order that allows the [[U.S. military]] to direct operations against [[al-Qaeda]] in 15 to 20 countries around the world, including those not at war with the United States.<ref name=NYT> |
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| author=[[Eric P. Schmitt]], [[Mark Mazzetti]] |
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| title=Secret Order Lets U.S. Raid Al Qaeda in Many Countries |
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| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/washington/10military.html?hp |
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| work=The New York Times |
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| date=2008-11-09 |
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| accessdate=2008-11-09 |
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| ⚫ | It was approved by U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] and signed by Defense Secretary [[Donald Rumsfeld]] in the spring of 2004, and came in response to a desire on the part of the Secretary of Defense to use the military against targets outside of [[Afghanistan]] and [[Iraq]]; the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) had been given similar authority in the immediate aftermath of the [[September 11th attacks]].<ref name=NYT/> |
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Al Qaeda Network Exord is a classified order that allows the U.S. military to direct operations against al-Qaeda in 15 to 20 countries around the world, including those not at war with the United States.[1] It was approved by U.S. President George W. Bush and signed by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in the spring of 2004, and came in response to a desire on the part of the Secretary of Defense to use the military against targets outside of Afghanistan and Iraq; the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had been given similar authority in the immediate aftermath of the September 11th attacks.[1]
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- ^ a b Eric P. Schmitt, Mark Mazzetti (2008-11-09). "Secret Order Lets U.S. Raid Al Qaeda in Many Countries". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-11-09.