Interesting in that violence in Chicago is skyrocketing this summer....
and they have a lot of interaction with work done in Iraq.
http://www.mnfwest.usmc.mil/public/i...2572A90047CB50
http://chicagocopwatch.org/2009/02/m...s-fight-crime/
I had a friend who deployed with the Marine bn that is local to Chicago around '04 and '05 south of Baghdad, and I remember a spate of articles on their deployment that associated their anti-gang work with how they would approach their work in Iraq. Here is a NY Times article on them and that deployment: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...pagewanted=all
So its doubling interesting that violence has soared this year. Obviously there are many, many factors that lead to that, but still interesting.
Chicago Lawmakers: Bring in the National Guard
2 Chicago state reps: Bring in the National Guard, ChicagoBreakingNews.com, April 25, 2010.
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Two state representatives called on Gov. Pat Quinn Sunday to deploy the Illinois National Guard to safeguard Chicago's streets.
Chicago Democrats John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford said they want Quinn, Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis to allow guardsmen to patrol streets and help quell violence. Weis said he did not support the idea because the military and police operate under different rules.
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So far this year, 113 people have been killed across Chicago, the same number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan combined in the same period, Fritchey said.
Is there an ongoing gang war in Chicago? I was under the impression that violent crime was down in the city, and had migrated to Northern Indiana.
Terror in Chicago's South Side
Things must be bad if a UK paper is reporting on crime in Chicago, although I concede it maybe a spin-off from being close to the Obama's home:
Quote:
Terrorised Chicago residents plead for police crackdown as gang war murders soar...Residents of the mainly black South Side want stop-and-search tactics brought back as gang murders plague President Barack Obama's home city.
Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ders-soar.html
Curious that the residents reportedly support the return of 'stop & frisk" by specialist anti-gang units, whilst the city is embarking on alternative approaches that take time to have an impact.
An Insurgency Coming to a Place Near You?
Yes, Chicago, USA. A very pessimistic commentary by Zenpundit, which opens with:
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel has taken criticism for Chicago’s skyrocketing homicide rate which stands this year at a shocking 19.4 per 100,000 residents. This is roughly triple the murder rate in New York City, is worse than in perennially crime-ridden Oakland and is within shouting distance of war-torn Afghanistan and Mexico, which are fighting vicious insurgencies. Even for Chicago, the current level of street violence is unusually brazen.
Link:http://zenpundit.com/?p=14961
Cited by Zen
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The city may be nearly 2,000 miles from Mexico, but the country’s drug cartels are so deeply embedded in Chicago that local and federal law enforcement are forced to operate as if they are “on the border,” according to Jack Riley, special agent in charge for the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Link:http://www.theblaze.com/stories/dea-...n-the-border/#
Is Chicago on the Road to Becoming an American Ciudad Juárez?
Is Chicago on the Road to Becoming an American Ciudad Juárez?
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Cartles come north, what will happen?
AdamG's last post cites a WaPo story that is a version of another report published in October. Chicago is not the only city named as under threat and I'm unsure what will happen.
Typo - I meant cartels in the title, long day.