CIA creates super secret hit team to target terrorists abroad

Washington, June 4 (AFP) The CIA has created a new super secret paramilitary unit to target known terrorists and their leaders abroad, a US government official said.

The CIA already has several paramilitary units trained for the conduct of covert operations, according to the official.

But the new hit team will operate directly under the command of the agency's counter terrorism centre, the brain trust of the US-led war on terror that seeks to eradicate terrorist cells around the world.

"It will really be a more counter terrorist paramilitary force that will focus on terrorists," the official said yesterday.

The number of people in the team, its weaponry and the location of its home base remain highly classified.