http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/12/1029113895506.html "...United States special forces may be sent to operate under cover throughout the world, under proposals being discussed by the Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, and senior military officers. Mr Rumsfeld is anxious to expand the role of Special Operations..." Battlefield prep. "The plans could lead Special Operations units to get more deeply involved in long-term covert operations in countries where the US is not at war and, in some cases, where the local government is not informed of their presence. This expansion of the military's involvement in clandestine activities could be justified, Pentagon officials said, by defining it as "preparation of the battlefield" "(the plans)...may at some point conflict with the presidential ban on assassinations. "With a stealthy, mercurial adversary like al-Qaeda, which learnt quickly and adapted its tactics to the US response, the military had to be allowed to react just as quickly, a senior administration official said. The head of the Special Operations Command, General Charles Holland, has briefed Mr Rumsfeld and a small group of senior Defence Department and military officers on initial proposals." Assassination politics? Why should they have all the fun? TATTOOED 'LEMON' Hired killer refuses to murder A Czech hired killer known as 'The Lemon' has turned himself in to police so he would not kill his latest target, an investigative journalist and her young son. He was paid about $11,600 to blow them up after she uncovered shady government property deals. more AND Gay-hate murders 'done as sport' By Ruth Pollard August 13 2002 Many gay-hate murderers were exceptionally brutal, surprisingly young, and killed to support a society they believed approved of their actions, a report released yesterday says. http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/12/1029113894539.html APster; reach out and kill someone.Everybodies doin' it.