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CENTSOC Outlines Spec Ops’ Counterinsurgency Role
 AMMAN, Jordan — Maj. Gen. John Mulholland, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, Central — the special operations component of U.S. Central Command — emphasized the critical role of special operations forces in building government legitimacy in counterterrorist and counterinsurgency campaigns in a March 31 presentation here that encapsulated what he described as “lessons learned” operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, although he acknowledged that “if anything, these are lessons relearned, rather than learned anew.”
Speaking at the Middle East Special Operations Commanders Conference that precedes SOFEX 2008, he said government legitimacy was vital “because ultimately this is a battle for — in an oft-overused phrase but nonetheless true — hearts and minds of the people,” who will decide for themselves whether one side or the other “is the legitimate one.”
Turkish Gen.: Security the Main Concern of States
AMMAN, Jordan — Lt. Gen. Servet Yoruk, the commander of special operations forces in the Turkish armed forces, told attendees of the Middle East Special Operations Commanders Conference here March 31 that “security is the main concern of states,” surpassing economic development and social welfare, for which it is a prerequisite.
The growing number of private security firms bore witness to “the growing importance of security,” Yoruk said.
Jordan PM: SOFEX May Strengthen Anti-Terror Forces
 AMMAN, Jordan — SOFEX 2008 is an opportunity to stress the united stand of Jordan, its neighbors and nations across the globe against terror in all its guises the countries, Jordan’s prime minister, Nader Dahabi, told a high-ranking audience of national leaders, military commanders and others as he opened the Middle East Special Operations Commanders Conference here March 31.
With many of the world’s leading exponents of special operations and counterterrorism gathered in the Le Royal Hotel for a daylong conference titled “Networking for Global Security,” Dahabi said governments would create the security and future that all humanity deserves only “by standing firm against the ideologists of hate and extremism.”
Tahir: Special Forces of Use in U.N. Missions
 AMMAN — Special forces are an ideal force to conduct United Nations peacekeeping missions because they “are most suited to fight low-intensity conflict in unconventional environments,” Maj. Gen. Tahir Mahmood, commander of Pakistan’s Special Services Group, told the audience at the Middle East Special Operations Commanders Conference here March 31.
Among the duties that special forces can assume in peacekeeping, peacemaking or peace enforcement missions are training, security, quick-reaction, counterterrorist, anti-terrorist, counterguerrilla warfare and clandestine roles, Tahir said.
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