WASHINGTON, June 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Central Command is working on an initiative to track and target extreme actors trying to spread terrorism, a top U.S. military official says.
Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Holmes, CENTCOM deputy director of operations, says the operation unit, called the Interagency Task Force for Irregular Warfare, is working to disrupt and target subversive elements of terror networks.
Holmes says defeating the networks will take more than just military force and will require increased efforts to deter a growing terrorism communication campaign, the American Forces Press Service reported.
"Regionally, we look at influences of extreme actors that are malign that would provide, from within their borders, exporting either violence or activities that would be disruptive to their neighbors," Holmes said in a statement.
"Our business is looking at this malign influence and then figuring out what we can do to counter it … in a holistic manner, not necessarily just force on force."
