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Former SOCOM head during the first [[Gulf War]] Retired Army Gen. [[Carl W. Stiner]] said that "his command's psy-op unit relied on in-house experts at Fort Bragg." But Stiner supported SOCOM's seeking help from private businesses. "This [[war on terrorism]] is unlike any we've ever fought before," he said. "And right now, you might say we're losing to [[Al Jazeera|Al-Jazeera]]." [http://www.sptimes.com/2004/12/08/Business/Wanted__Ad_agency_to_.shtml]
==Center for Special Operations==
In November 2005, the Center for Special Operations was established "as the nerve center to coordinate global operations and actionable intelligence, particularly against 'high value targets.' Previous directorates of operations, plans and policy; and intelligence and information operations; have already have been consolidated into the new Center under three groups: the Intelligence Support Group (J2), the Operations Support Group (J3), and the Campaign Support Group (J5)," William A. Arkin [http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2005/10/new_rules_for_war_on_terrorism.html wrote] in the ''Washington Post''.
The Center's director is Lt. Gen. [[Dell L. Dailey]], who served as commander of [[Joint Special Operations Command]] from 2001 to May 2003. "Dailey was the overall clandestine special operations commander after [[9/11]], operating from [[Oman]] and then from Afghanistan as Commander, Task Force Sword (later called TF-11). ... Dailey is considered one of the [Bush] administration's primo shadow warriors," Arkin wrote.
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