{"id":12872,"date":"2014-02-05T16:09:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T16:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12872"},"modified":"2014-02-06T09:54:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T09:54:28","slug":"swedish-special-forces-deployed-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12872","title":{"rendered":"Swedish special forces deployed in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12873\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sof.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12873\" alt=\"sof\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sof-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sof-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sof.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swedish operator chasing camel milk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sweden\u2019s SOF (or Special Operations Forces)\u00a0are reported to have deployed to Chad, the Central Africa Republic, and the Congo in recent years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/inside-secret-raids-performed-by-swedish-special-operators-2014-2\">Swedish operators<\/a>\u00a0may have also conducted other classified covert operations, including domestically in their home nation, which have gone unreported thus far. SOG (Swedish Operation Group) is reported to have a small number of women in the unit, or attached to it, who work in intelligence roles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Partnered with indigenous forces, SOG has conducted dozens, if not hundreds, of raids in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SOG also appears to be a part of Admiral McRaven\u2019s \u201cGlobal SOF framework,\u201d now called the ISCC under SOCOM. This is a new and unique organization that represents a positive step forward for US and Allied SOF.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSweden has two full-time officers in the NATO special forces team in Belgium and another tied to the new U.S. special forces management\u2019s international staff, which opened in October in Florida. The latter is confirmed by Defence Minister Karin Enstrom (M) , who visited headquarters last summer\u2026The U.S. is building a global network of special units that can work together. When the international headquarters opened in October last year included ten countries , Sweden and Australia are the only ones who are not members of NATO.\u201d (Dn.se)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What the future holds for Sweden\u2019s SOG, and for the new Global SOF network, is something that we will be keeping an eye on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: sofrep.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweden\u2019s SOF (or Special Operations Forces)\u00a0are reported to have deployed to Chad, the Central Africa Republic, and the Congo in recent years. Swedish operators\u00a0may have also conducted other classified covert operations, including domestically in their home nation, which have gone unreported thus far. 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