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Inmilitary tactics,extraction is the process of removing personnel or units from an area; when conducted with stealth in an area controlled by the enemy it is referred to asexfiltration.[1]
An example of a hostile extraction wasBattle of Boz Qandahari, in which U.S. Army Special Forces used donkeys to reach their extraction point while under enemy fire.[2] Another example of an extraction was the jointU.S.Central Intelligence Agency-Canadian government operation to smuggle six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionaryIran in 1980 in an operation later known as theCanadian Caper.[3]
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References
edit- ^"DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 2017"(PDF).TRADOC.army.mil.
- ^"Until Dawn: Surviving the Battle of Boz Qandahari".www.army.mil. 2017-02-09. Retrieved2024-05-16.
- ^Halton, David; Nash, Knowlton (January 29, 1980)."Canadian Caper helps Americans escape Tehran".The National. Toronto: CBC Archives.Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. RetrievedFebruary 24, 2013.
