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How the U.S. Came to Rely on Special Ops Forces

Retro Report makes sense of the present by revealing the past. Join journalists Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani as they connect the present to the past through four distinct and varied stories, and New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz adds his signature wit.

How the U.S. Came to Rely on Special Ops Forces

Season 1 Episode 7 | 7m 46s | CC

The rise of special operations units today can be traced to a failed attempt to rescue Americans held hostage in Iran in 1980, and the successful Israeli raid at Uganda’s Entebbe Airport.

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