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		<title>Russian Bounty Program Targeting American Troops in Afghanistan</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Background According to Wikipedia: The Russian bounty program is an alleged project of Russian military intelligence, specifically Unit 29155 of the GU, to pay bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American and other allied service members in Afghanistan. Several US military personnel are alleged to have died as a result of the bounty program, which [...]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Background</h3>
<p>According to Wikipedia:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em><strong>The Russian bounty program is an alleged project of Russian military intelligence, specifically Unit 29155 of the GU, to pay bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American and other allied service members in Afghanistan. Several US military personnel are alleged to have died as a result of the bounty program, which additionally targeted coalition forces from the United Kingdom.</strong></em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><em>U.S. intelligence reports from 2019 suggested the existence of the bounty program.</em> <sup id="cite_ref-FirstReached_1-0" class="reference"></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LaPortaAware_2-0" class="reference"></sup>A CIA assessment of the intelligence concluded that members of Unit 29155 had placed bounties on United States military personnel and other coalition forces in 2019. <i>The New York Times</i> reported that &#8220;Officials said there was disagreement among intelligence officials about the strength of the evidence about the suspected Russian plot.&#8221; The Pentagon&#8217;s top leaders said that report is not corroborated.</strong><sup id="cite_ref-abc-bounty_4-0" class="reference"></sup></p>
<p>Below, you will find the documents (or lack thereof) relating to the above program. This page will expand as more records come in.</p>
<h3>Document Archive</h3>
<h4>Central Intelligence Agency Documents</h4>
<p><img decoding="async" src="https://www.theblackvault.com/images/pdf.gif" /> <a href="https://documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/cia/RussianTroopsTargeting-CIA.pdf">Russian Bounty Program Targeting American Troops in Afghanistan</a> [2 Pages, 1MB] &#8211; The CIA issued a GLOMAR response when asked for documents on the above mentioned program.</p>
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