Mark Tiller wrote: >-----Original Message----- >From: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info [mailto:dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info] >On Behalf Of Ken Koester >Sent: 14 April 2006 17:34 > >? The only SAS I am aware of is entirely British, and entirely >military. The CIA has no paramilitaries of its own. > >Australia and New Zealand also have their own SAS. Not as well funded as >the British, but VERY good. The Australians are supposed to be rated >slightly better than the British at jungle warfare, but at that level, the >difference wouldn't matter. > > > Just so. I had either forgotten them or unconsciously lumped them in with the British. Still, they are British-descended at least. Snarkhunter