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by Phantom Report on May 28, 2012



Members of U.S. and S. Korean special forces are on the ground in North Korea, gathering intelligence on the country’s network
of clandestine military bases near its border with the South. Brig. Gen. Neil Tolley, head of all special operations forces in South
Korea, said units of elite U.S. and S. Korean troops were conducting “special reconnaissance” missions in the North.

Elite troops have been dropped behind North Korean lines to pinpoint the specific locations of Pyongyang’s vast network of
underground military bases, Tolley said during a speech at a Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa
last Tuesday.

Tolley’s comments on the American and S. Korean deployments in North Korea were first reported on Monday by The Diplomat, a
Japan-based foreign affairs magazine.

American and S. Korean commandos have identified hundreds of underground munitions facilities, along with thousands of subterranean
artillery positions, linked by a complex network of underground tunnels that run up to the demilitarized zone that separates North
and South Korea, Tolley said.

Until now, U.S. and western intelligence had not been able to verify the existence of the tunnel network, since the complex had been
hidden from spy satellites that continually survey the country.

The one-star general’s comments came days after news broke that American special forces were also on the ground in Yemen.



Following the controversy comments on military operations by Brig. Gen. Neil Tolley, head of all special operations forces in South
Korea, the U.S. military in Seoul on May 29 vehemently denied the media report that special forces had parachuted into North Korea
on intelligence-gathering missions and said a source had been misquoted.

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NK is really full of shit and crap.