The history of covert operations in Iraq

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US operatives are said to be active in Iraq: Agents target sites, gather intelligence: By John Donnelly, Boston Globe, 1 June 2002. About 100 US Special Forces members and more than 50 Central Intelligence Agency officers have been operating in small groups inside Iraq for at least four months. Included are Jordanian, British, and Australian commandos. It is considered to be part of the opening phase of a war against Iraq.
US drifts into chaos in Iraq: By Nick Cohen, DAWN, Monday 3 June 2002. The US government is trying to shut down the only reliable pro-Western source of intelligence on Saddam’s dictatorship; the clandestine information collection programme run by the Iraqi National Congress (INC).
Leaflets tell Iraqis of US military broadcasts: ABC news (Australia), Friday 3 January 2003. Warplanes dropped 480,000 leaflets over two cities in southern Iraq, pressing Iraqi troops and citizens to listen to American special forces radio broadcasts to the area.
Satellite-backed CIA hit-squads hunt Saddam: By Andrew Buncombe, Independent (London), 26 January 2003. A massive effort to track the movements and communications of Saddam Hussein, using covert special forces and electronic eavesdropping equipment. The forces carrying out the search have authority to assassinate the Iraqi leader.