special forces
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“It came at a critical moment,” said a soldier who goes by the call sign Konosh, from the Timur Special Forces Unit in Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
Was it someone from Special Forces or the Navy or a Coast Guard vessel that happened to be nearby?
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025
Special Forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom, according to his biography.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025
They are led by former Special Forces soldier turned tech entrepreneur Yinon Weiss, according to a former senior Pentagon official familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2025
It was so important that the team was about to board a small unmarked plane and fly to a top-secret facility outside of London for a week of mission-specific training alongside British Special Forces.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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