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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>a new paramilitary unit from the guys who've been
unable to nail Castro for decades. paid for out of drug
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080><FONT color=#000000>NEW CIA TERROR-FIGHTING TEAM
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<DIV></FONT><SPAN id=t12bli>June 4, 2002 <!--end date--></SPAN><SPAN id=t12bl>--
<!--start bodytext-->WASHINGTON - The CIA has created a paramilitary unit to
deal specifically with terrorists overseas, officials said yesterday. </DIV>
<P>The unit "is taking the fight to terrorists in sanctuaries such as
Afghanistan," one official said, declining to identify the other countries in
which it may be operating.
<P>The official said the unit is drawing personnel from the CIA's existing
paramilitary force, which is part of the agency's Special Activities Division
<P>The size of the new unit is classified.
<P>Its operatives work under the command of the CIA's counterterrorism center,
where intelligence, military and law-enforcement officials coordinate
activities.
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<P><I>AP</I>
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