Disarmament of Population

[Hal Schyberg]

We tried this in IRAQ and as a military force with limited resources in this area, it turned into a cat herding exercise. It had the added benefit of making every citizen a suspect which was damaging at best. Local militias are a good idea as long as they can be controlled, once they are out of the control of the local shake they quickly fall into the hands of the insurgents who may or may not support the agenda of the militia leader. The Shakes are for the most part greedy and self serving, yet they do understand that with the Coalition and an IRAQI government they have the best chance of survival and getting more money and power.

[slapout9]

Hal, can you be more specific about the process used? You may have encountered a common problem that is easy to fix if your unit was getting mass positives for GSR (gun shot residue or explosive residue)

[SWJED]

Just make sure we do not discuss current ops or any TTP that could be advantageous to the enemy scumbags.