Within weeks of 9 11 united states special operations forces were dropping into afghanistan to lead the war against al qaeda and the taliban for over a decade special forces have been fighting a hidden war in iraq pakistan syria somalia mali and afghanistan facing off against a range of insurgents from organisations like al qaeda al shabaab boko haram and the taliban leigh neville draws on recently declassified material and first hand accounts from his sof contacts to lift the veil . Since 9 11 special operations forces have played a prominent role in the prosecution of the so called global war on terrorism the various unconventional military efforts directed against al qaida and its friends and allies the long duration operations in afghanistan and iraq may be unprecedented in the scale and diversity of special operations forces committed special forces in the war on terrorism is author leigh nevilles well written history of a conflict still in progress the . Within weeks of 9 11 united states special operations forces were dropping into afghanistan to lead the war against al qaeda and the taliban for over a decade special forces have been fighting a. Within weeks of the devastation of 9 11 united states special operations forces were dropping into afghanistan to lead the war against al qaeda and the taliban ten years later the navys seal team 6 carried out operation neptune spear to hunt down and kill osama bin laden. Book title special forces in the war on terror general military download the book special forces in the war on terror general military in pdf and epub format