Startling New Evidence Shows U.S. Troops Helped Despotic Regimes Battle the Arab Spring Uprisings
Submitted on December 15, 2011
By Nick Turse - AlterNet
As state security forces across the region cracked down on democratic dissent, the Pentagon also repeatedly dispatched American troops on training missions to allied militaries there. During more than 40 such operations...that sometimes lasted for weeks or months at a time, they taught Middle Eastern security forces the finer points of counter-insurgency, small unit tactics, intelligence gathering, and information operations -- skills crucial to defeating popular uprisings.
