Tuesday, June 16, 2015

US Army, "Terrorism and the Urban Guerrilla"

US Army, "Terrorism and the Urban Guerrilla"
"Measures of controlling the Population and Resources:
 1. ID Cards. An effective system of identification is fundamental to the program.
 2. Registration. A program of registering families is used to supplement the system of ID cards, This is the system of inventorying all families by house, making a list of all members who live in the house along with the family's resources. One can also note the presence of insurgent tendencies and affiliations among the population.
 3. Control by block. The purpose of block-by-block control is to detect the individuals who are supporting or sympathising with the insurgents and the type of support they are providing.
 4. Police patrols. Their purpose is to detect sources of insurgent support, sympathizers, and routes used by the insurgent forces for intelligence, logistics, and routine activities.
 Curfew . The purpose is to permit the authorities to identify violators and take actions based on the premise that anyone who violates the curfew is an insurgent or sympathizes with the insurgents until he can prove the contrary.
 Checkpoints. It is of little use to establish a programme of passes and ID cards unless there is a system of verifying these official papers. Therefore, establishing checkpoints in all travel routes is necessary in all travel routes isx necessary once the use of passes has started."

From the book "Rogue State" by William Blum


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