PLOTTING THE COURSE General McChrystal meets with U.S. and Afghan commanders at Forward Operating Base Delhi in Helmand Province. Peter van Agtmael/Magnum, for The New York TimesSAS Comes Out Fighting As Details Of Top-Secret Missions Are Exposed -- The Independent
Senior officer banned from elite unit's HQ over tell-all book, while its commander takes aim at US general for breaking code of silence on operations.
Britain's elite fighting force, the SAS, has become enmeshed in controversy and recriminations, with one of its most successful former senior officers being banned from headquarters and its current chief engaged in a dispute with the US commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan.
The Independent has learned that General Stanley McChrystal, leading Western troops in the war against the Taliban, has received a complaint from the UK's Director of Special Forces (DSF) after he broke the SAS's code of silence and spoke about the missions mounted by the SAS and their Royal Marines equivalent, the SBS, in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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My Comment: To say that this looks bad is an understatement. It appears that General McChrystal and/or his staff do not take kindly to dissent or criticism of their General. Hmmm .... this makes me wonder if this is the reason why Michael Yon got caught up in a squabble over being embedded with coalition forces .... especially after he criticized General McChrystal.
On a side note, with the exception of The Independent this story has not been picked up by the main stream media or other milbloggers. .... this is unfortunate because this story definitely deserves more attention.