‘Headless system’: US military trains global network of foreign soldiers & police

‘If police tactics suppressing citizens’ protests worldwide are starting to look familiar, it could be the result of an extensive global training program by the US military of foreign soldiers and police, according to an analysis of WikiLeaks documents.
The program, however, is largely unknown by Americans and has little oversight or scrutiny, an exclusive report by The Intercept finds.
Since 9/11, the US Department of Defense has spent $122 billion in training foreign soldiers and police programs in 471 locations in 120 countries on “every continent but Antarctica,” the Intercept reported Wednesday.’
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