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culminating in the 9/11 attacks seems to be a side job. Jennifer Hesterman
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hose charge already in my hands.
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doors, probably wooden, and did
not know where exactly they would
lead. We had decided to take the
left door, which appeared to be
an entrance to a downstairs living
room. 15 and I scraped between
the wall and a Volkswagon car, and
I slapped the charge on the door.
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(made up of 15 gram det cord) me and I heard the calls of clear,
would handle it easily. As I started clear, coming out. Still under the
flaking out the shock tube and cover of number 18, I accessed
retreating around hard cover, I felt my second linear hose charge and
the line go taught, I looked back started peeling off the Breachers
and found it had tangled and was Tape and placing the charge. Same
starting to pull the charge off the type of door, only this time open-
door. I managed to make it around ing out. I grabbed 18 by his vests
the corner as my two cover men drag handle and pulled him back
exited the gate. I decided to fire the a couple of meters closer to the
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exposed to the charge (if you can upon. Zero casualties were taken,
see the charge, the charge can see and their perp was in custody.
you), and I pulled back the firing
pin. The image of the flash going Lessons learned
down the plastic shock tube, the 1) Success comes from long hours
door banging off the jamb and dedicated to realistic tactical training.
falling backwards, lets just say it 2) Good Intelligence is worth gold.
was a beautiful sight. Numbers 18 3) Rehearsals are critical to any
and 15 headed up the stairs to the
The image of the living quarters. Soon after I heard
successful operation.
4) A team must have multiple
flash going down the command of Dominado. It points and methods of entry.
turned out the ground floor was
the plastic shock being turned into a small clothes
5) Explosive Breaching is an essential
tool for any tactical team.
tube, the door shop and was completely empty 6) A clear mission statement and
banging off the except for a few shelves, hangers,
and construction materials.
rules of engagement are essential.
jamb and falling Mission accomplished: two
About the Author
explosive breaches and warrant
backwards, lets executed with two perpetrators in
Mr. Gillies is a British expatriate
resident of Brazil. He is Director of
just say it was a custody. We seized two .40 caliber
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beautiful sight. pistols, credit cards, and cash. Our
part in the operation was over. Op-
Brazil (www.teesbrazil.com.br) and
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eration Mercury was a success and
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Case Study:
Spree Killer in
Toulouse, France
By Richard Marquise
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On March 11, 2012, the 8th anniversary of the Madrid train bombings, a
lone gunman killed a French paratrooper near the southwestern French city
of Toulouse. This seemingly isolated attack drew little attention. Four days
later, two more off-duty French soldiers were killed, and another was wound-
ed thirty miles from Toulouse in what appeared to be a drive-by shooting
at a bank ATM.
I nvestigators began to connect the

two attacks. On video later accessed by
police, the gunman shouted, Allahu Ak-
bar, or God is great, as he drove away.
involved in a series of criminal activities
and had a string of convictions for petty
crimes.2 Merah had also spent over a year
in prison for theft and upon release was
While police were working to identify rejected for service in the French Foreign
the shooter in each of these attacks, it Legion. He traveled to the border region
would take a third, more heinous crime of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Media
before he would be fully identified. Four reports provide conflicting information:
days after the second attack, on the morn- some reported it was in 20083 and others
ing of March 19 a lone gunman on a said 20104.
motorcycle drove up to a Jewish school in He trained at militant camps in Wa- Mohamed Merah. Smhur / Wikimedia
Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0
Toulouse and began firing at anyone he ziristan. He attempted to forge ties with
saw. Before he was through, a rabbi and al Qaeda; however, except for his own
two of his children, aged six and three, statements, it is not clear if he succeeded.
were dead. Another child was gravely It was also alleged he may have fought
wounded. Media reports indicated that the with the Taliban. However, he was appre-
shooter then chased eight-year-old Miriam hended by a military patrol in Afghani-
Monsonego, fatally shooting her in the stan in 2010 and deported to France. Unfortunately, it took
head at point-blank range.1 Although the Merah may have been placed on the three attacks and
gunman initially escaped, French investi- United States Do Not Fly list because
gators linked the three attacks to twenty- of his capture in Afghanistan.5 seven deaths before
three-year-old Mohamed Merah. After Merah returned to France, French authorities were
Merah, a French citizen of Algerian interviewers attempted to determine why
descent, had come to the attention of he had been in Afghanistan. Merah told able to link them to-
French police as a teenager. He had been French personnel in November 2011 he gether and to Merah.

had been there as a tourist and produced of the first to the final attack, but anyone
photographs to support his claim.6 who has lived through a similar series of
Despite the information After the attacks, it was alleged that attacks knows that each day that passes
already in possession the mother of a fifteen-year-old boy twice without a solution can terrorize a com-
complained to police about Merah. She munity. Recall the Washington D.C.
of French authorities stated that Merah had forced her son to sniper case in 2002 when it took police
that included Merahs watch al Qaeda videos of women being twenty-two days and ten deaths in the
shot in the head and men being strangled Washington D.C. area before two men
travel to Afghanistan, to death. He apparently had also made were conclusively linked to those attacks
his actions with regard her son listen to songs that she said were and others around the United States.
calls to go to war.7 There was also a Investigation of the first attack revealed
to the French teenager, report that a Spanish intelligence service the soldier had placed an ad attempt-
and his mothers IP had told the French government that ing to sell a motorcycle. One response
Merah had attended a meeting of Salaf- had come from a computer having an
address linked to the ists in Catalonia in 2007.8 IP (Internet Protocol) address located in
first murdered soldier, it Unfortunately, it took three attacks Merahs mothers home. Unfortunately,
and seven deaths before French authori- there were also five-hundred-seventy-six
took six days to link the ties were able to link them together and other IP addresses that were linked to the
shootings to Merah. to Merah. It is believed that he videoed dead paratrooper. Each had to be inves-
his attacks to upload to the internet. It tigated. After the second attack, French
had only been eight days from the time police as well as domestic security agency,
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Direction Centrale du Renseignement In-
terieur (DCRI), created a list of suspects
that included Merah.
Despite the information already in
possession of French authorities that
included Merahs travel to Afghanistan,
his actions with regard to the French
teenager, and his mothers IP address
linked to the first murdered soldier, it
took six days to link the shootings to
Merah. Police also found evidence of con-
versations between Merah and the first
victim based on an examination of the
soldiers cell phone. A motorcycle dealer
had notified the police that a customer
had come into his shop and asked how
to deactivate the electronic locator chip
installed on a motorcycle. Deactivation
of the device would ostensibly allow the
driver not to be tracked when on the
motorcycle. That customer had been
Merahs brother, Abdelkader, who would
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Facade of the apartment of Mohammed Merah, in Toulouse, shortly after the battle with French
authorities. Photo: Casablanca1950
attacks. Abdelkader Merah also admitted After Merah was killed, many in
Merah was being present when his brother stole the France began to question whether or
motorcycle that he used in his attacks. not authorities could have done more to
tracked to his This information, once collated, allowed prevent these attacks. In spite of Merah
residence, and police to focus exclusively on Merah, yet having been apprehended in Afghanistan,
allegedly placed on the U.S. Do Not
after a thirty-two he was able to conduct his most heinous
attacks on March 19, when he killed four Fly list, and having been reported for
hour standoff, he people, including the children.9 his attempts to recruit the teen, many
was killed in a Merah was tracked to his residence,

and after a thirty-two hour standoff, he
believed that Merah had been ignored by
French law enforcement and the DCRI.
blaze of gunfire. was killed in a blaze of gunfire. Before he However, the French Defense Minister
died, Merah spoke with negotiators and responded ,I dont think so, unless we
others. He told them about his travels want to turn France into a police state.11
to Pakistan and Afghanistan, claimed to Merahs case is similar to that of a
be a jihadist, and said he belonged to number of young individuals who have
al Qaeda. He said he wanted to avenge either carried out attacks or have been
Palestinian children and take revenge on arrested in the United States as a result
the French Army because of its foreign of their having become radicalized. Some
interventions. He initially said he did believe that Merah may have been radi-
not intend to conduct a suicide mission calized in prison.12
and wanted to live, but shortly before the It is worth asking, Could it happen
standoff ended, he said he wanted to die here? Would a lone gunman attempt to
as a mujahedeen.10 kill soldiers, young children, or other

civilians? Most of the terrorist attacks women or children. However, bin Laden
of the past few years have been directed expressed concern that many jihadi
at military or other government targets. groups may have expanded the applica-
Military and law-enforcement personnel tion of this practice from rare cases and
are easily identifiable, often because of the exception to the norm.13 The report American law
their uniforms. did not contain his thoughts about the enforcement
Other than the shooting of middle- 2004 attack at Beslan, Russia, where at
school student Iran Brown during the least one-hundred-eighty-six children
has interdicted
D.C. sniper attacks in 2002, terrorists were killed. about fifty terrorist
and other criminals have generally not There have been successful terrorist
targeted schools or schoolchildren in the attacks in the United States in the past
events in the past
United States. In fact, a review of some several years. Umar Abdulmutallab and three years.
of the documents taken from Osama bin Faisal Shahzad, the Christmas Day and
Ladens home in Abbottabad, Paki- Times Square bombers, respectively,
stan, indicates that bin Laden himself Nidal Hasan at Ft. Hood, and Carlos
may have rejected such an attack. The Bledsoes murderous attack at a military
documents outline bin Ladens thoughts recruiting station in Little Rock dem-
about tatarrus, which are the special onstrate there is work to be done to
circumstances where it is permissible keep our communities safe. While these
under Islamic law for a military com- attacks represent our failures, many oth-
mander to attack enemy territory even ers have been prevented. American law
if the attack will result in the death of enforcement has interdicted about fifty
noncombatants, including Muslim terrorist events in the past three years.
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attacks domestically. wanting to send a message to corpora-
While much of the media focus has tions and the United States government
been on individuals like Merah who are by blowing up a major bridge near Cleve-
considered international terrorists by land, Ohio, were arrested.14
ideology, there have been successful and Significant terrorist plots were stopped
in New York, Illinois, North Carolina,
and Texas in 2009. The last defendant
in a plot described as the most op-
erational since 9/11 was convicted on
May 1, 2012. In that case, three former
high-school classmates had conspired to
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with attempting to attack a restaurant
that soldiers from Ft. Hood frequented.
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ponents as well as an article from the
al Qaeda online publication, Inspire,
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In early 2011, a young Saudi student
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components to make a bomb. Khalid Al-
dawsari has been charged with attempt-
ing to use weapons of mass destruction
in carrying out a terrorist attack. At
the time of his arrest, he had purchased
lab equipment and a trigger as well as
two of the three chemicals required to
make an explosive device. He had also
done research on possible targets in the
United States.17
In 2012, several attacks have already
been prevented. In addition to the pre-
empted attack in Ohio described above,
another young man was arrested as he
walked toward the U.S. Capitol wearing
a suicide vest and carrying an inoperable
weapon provided by the FBI. He had
also been recorded discussing possible at-
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promote non-violent forms of Islam, and
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al Qaeda in Western dress with blue eyes
and with a totally Western appearance.18
Most people believe the killing of any
child is reprehensible. Unfortunately,
some like al-Amili only see a jihadist
doing his part to attack the west. The
military, its personnel, and facilities will
continue to be targets of terrorists in the
United States, and attacks such as that
perpetrated by Merah would be an effec-
tive way to carry them out. Whether or
not children will be a target, we only have
to look at the D.C. snipers and at Merah
to realize the continued likelihood of this
type attack.
The responsibility to identify those who
Map of the school, and access map of Merahs residence. Source: Open Street Map may wish to harm us, our institutions, or
our children rests with individual citizens.
Communities working with local law
enforcement have the ability to identify
those who may represent a risk to them.
In turn, local law enforcement working
in partnership with the Joint Terrorism
Task Forces and Fusion Centers around
the United States have been effective in
preventing a number of terrorist attacks.
These relationships are the key to prevent-
ing attacks such as those perpetrated in
Toulouse. It will be our local institu-
tionsfamily, community, and local law
enforcement working in conjunction with
federal and international partners who
constitute our defense network. It will
be up to them to identify the Mohamed
Merahs in their communities.
Location map of Montauban and Toulouse, France. In pink, the area covored by the Scarlet
Vigipirate level. Author: Eric Gaba Wikimedia Commons user: Sting

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rapheal Ahren, Woman Went to
7
Mr. Marquise is the Director of the Police about Merahs Radicalization Two
Department of Justices, Bureau of Justice Years Ago, The Times of Israel , 21 March
Assistance State and Local Antiterror- 2012, (10 April 2012), http://www.
ism Training (SLATT) program. He is timesofisrael.com/shooting-suspect-said-
a retired FBI senior executive who led to-like-talking-about-cars-bikes-girls-and-
the investigation into the bombing of sport/.
Pan Am Flight 103 and is the author of
8
Simons, A Serial Killer Under Obser-
vation.
It will be our Scotbom: Evidence and the Lockerbie
9
Ibid.
Investigation.
local institutions 10
Laura Smith-Spark, Who is
French Shooting Suspect Mohammed
family, community, End Notes Merah?,CNN.com, 22 March 2012,
and local law Fiona Govan, Toulouse shooting:
1
(10 April 2012), http://articles.cnn.
little girl cornered in school and shot in
enforcement working head, The Telegraph, 03 March 2012, (04
com/2012-03-21/world/world_europe_
france-shooting-suspect-profile_1_qaeda-
in conjunction April 2012), http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
pakistan-s-waziristan-afghanistan?_
news/worldnews/europe/france/9154350/
with federal and Toulouse-shooting-little-girl-cornered-in-
s=PM:EUROPE.
11
Simons, A Serial Killer Under Ob-
international partners school-and-shot-in-head.html.
servation.
2
Sarah Dilorenzo and Johanna De-
who constitute our course, French Shooting Suspect Dead
12
Elaine Ganley, France Looks at
Radicalization in Prisons, Salon, 10 April
defense network. as Toulouse Siege Comes to Violent End,
2012, (09 April 2012), http://www.salon.
The Guardian, 03 March 2012, (10 April
com/2012/04/09/france_takes_new_
2012), http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/
look_at_radicalization_in_prisons.
blog/2012/mar/22/france-shooting-tou- 13
Don Rassler, Gabriel Koehler-
louse-police-suspects-jewish-school-raid.
Derrick, Liam Collins, Muhammad
3
Duncan Gardham, British links to
al-Obaidi, Nelly Lahoud, Letters from
Toulouse Terrorist, The Telegraph, 22
Abbottabad: bin Ladin Sidelined?,
March 2012, (10 April 2012), http://
Countering Terrorism Center at West
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/
Point, 5/3/12, http://www.ctc.usma.edu/
europe/france/9163544/British-links-to-
posts/letters-from-abbottabad-bin-ladin-
Toulouse-terrorist.html.
sidelined.
4
Rob Crilly, Toulouse Shooting: 80 14
United Statesv. Douglas L. Wright,
French Nationals Training with Paki-
1:!2-mj-03073-gw (6th Cir. 2012).
stani Taliban, The Telegraph, 21 March 15
United States v. Mohamed Alessa, 10-
2012, (10 April 2012), http://www.
mj-8109 (3rd Cir. 2010); United States
telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/
v. Carlos E. Almonte, 10-cr-594 (3rd Cir.
france/9158336/Toulouse-shooting-80-
2010).
French-nationals-training-with-Pakistan- 16
United States v. Naser Jason Abdo,
Taliban.html.
w-11-cr-182 (5th Cir. 2011).
5
Stefan Simons, A Serial Killer Under 17
United States v. Khalid Ali-M Al-
Observation, Spiegal Online Interna-
dawsari, 11-mag-2617 (5th Cir. 2011).
tional, 22 March 2012, (10 April 2012), 18
Jihadis New Toulouse Inspiration,
http://www.spiegel.de/international/
The Investigative Project on Terrorism, 18
europe/secret-services-had-monitored-
April 2012, (22 April 2012), http://www.
french-serial-killer-a-823200.html.
investigativeproject.org/3540/ipt-exclu-
6
Ibid.
sive-jihadis-new-toulouse-inspiration.

The U.S. Citizen, the
Second Amendment,
and the U.N. Small
Arms Treaty
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Counter
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By Ross Riggs
Despite the well-known motto to

protect and serve, police officers
cannot prevent crime from being
initiated. A crime is reported or
observed and they respond to
it, after the fact, and try to limit
damage. But prevent crime?
O

nly in the big scheme of
things, such as with a highly
visible patrol presence, a substantial
percentage of convictions, and strict
responsible for any individuals safety is
that individual. So from where does the
misleading phrase, Protect and Serve
originate?
sentencing is crime prevented by From 1950 to 1966, Chief William
deterring irrational actors, most of whom Parker led the Los Angeles Police
would not have done anything illegal in Department through an amazing period
the first place. of re-birth. Chief Parker was one of
When crime happens in your the first to believe that cops could be An unrealistic
neighborhood, in your family, on your trained, equipped, led, and respected
front porch, there is only one person as professionals.1 In the early 1960s, expectation has
responsible for stopping that criminal Chief Parker enlisted the help of then been created as
before he commits the crime he intends Inspector Daryl Gates. Together they
to commit. Many criminals attempt created the countrys first SWAT team, to what the police
crimes regardless of how many patrol cars began developing the concept of field in any community
are out or how high the risk of jail time training officers, and increased basic and
might be. The only person who can be in-service training standards, to name can do.
Constitution of the United States Photo: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Department Motto - To Protect and to Serve, along with the Los Angeles city seal is located on both front doors of every black & white LAPD
patrol vehicle. - Jeff Costlow 2004. Photo: Skyfox11
but a few innovations. community experiences when police make the desired difference is so painful.
Officer Joseph Dorobek2 created the incompetence is perceived when really The criminal always gets the first move
motto Protect and Serve for the LAPD bad things happen is exponentially and once the first move is played, the
Training Academy in 1955. The motto greater on the police themselves. They are responder can only react to what the
was adopted by the Los Angeles City individually and collectively frustrated. criminal has already done. Even when
Council as the department motto in 1963 Cops receive pressure from seniors and the police try to anticipate the next move
and has graced the patrol cars of that peers, are lampooned by the media, and of a criminal, such as a serial killer, they
agency ever since. Through good times are sometimes even hated by the members have to first respond to the crimes already
and bad, Protect and Serve was the of the public they have sworn to protect. committed. The resulting friction plays
bottom line for what law enforcement It has been said, "We did not become the out in increased distrust of the police by
was all about. But with that motto have men that we are because we were soldiers the public, and of officers denigrating the
come some unintended consequences. or cops, but became soldiers and cops citizens they joined the force to serve.
An unrealistic expectation has because of the men we are."3 In as much as most crime is not
been created as to what the police in This quote explains the mindset of perpetrated by a criminal in the lobby
any community can do. The stress a most cops, and also why such inability to of police headquarters at shift change,

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recognizes that society cannot quantify more constructive perspective is victim
However, if every how much crime has been prevented of their own refusal (or inability) to take
individual took since it never occurred. However, the action necessary to stop the criminal
based on available crime statistics, it from completing their crime. The term
responsibility to stop is reasonable to conclude that the vast inability is appropriate because there are
criminals before majority of crimes that are committed individuals who are incapable of acting
are not preventable by local police. If that in their own best interests, whether they
they committed an is true, why do police agencies and their are unborn babies, infants, or the infirm.
act against them, communities continue to hold on to that Some others, too, could not have foreseen
paradigm? Why are billions of dollars the situation in which they found
criminals would not poured into such a losing proposition? themselves, nor in any way could they
be so brazen. Finally, why is the inevitable fulfillment have avoided the event.
of the obvious outcome allowed to create If they did whatever they had to do
such stress? to remain alive, they are winners, not
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understand their responsibility to avoid and disarmed him, holding him for the would-be criminal, crime rates would
becoming a victim of crime and realize police. The pastors grandson, according plummet. The significance of lone wolf
their own capability to prevent crime. to some of the reports, was licensed to terrorists would be negligible.
The first rule of risk mitigation is carry a concealed firearm and used his The infiltration of Americas city
to avoid the risk.4 The numbers of weapon to hold the subject for police. streets by gangs, many now affiliated
options for preventing a criminal act are They made a choice to be responsible for with Mexican drug cartels, have brought
too numerous to catalog here. Suffice their own safety. Mexicos drug war into U.S. homes.
it to say, the responsibility does not Americans have traditionally stood Initially it was border towns that were at
lie with the local gendarme, a father, up for themselves. Admiral Yamamotos risk. Many political leaders turned their
a brother, or even the generous soul not wanting to accept the risk of an heads, and now it is well beyond the
performing Neighborhood Watch down invasion by his Japanese Imperial Fleet border and the violence of drug cartels is
the street. It can, and must, only reside on Americas West Coast following Pearl visible in daily newspapers across the U.S.
with the individual. Harbor is well known. According to There is no current plan that is
In the spring of 2012 a small church legend, he reasoned that there would consistently applied across the law
in Spartanburg, South Carolina, was the be a rifle behind every blade of grass. enforcement field to combat this
scene of an attempted mass shooting 6
However, if every individual took incursion. The case study, Los Zetas
incident.5 When the congregants saw a responsibility to stop criminals before Cartel: Ambush in Houston, articulated
man with a gun approaching the church, they committed an act against them, the problem very clearly. Our
they took action. First, they barred the criminals would not be so brazen. If population (CONUS) is insufficiently
door. When the shooter broke through there were the probability of a rifle in the informed of the threat, and will be
the door, the congregants jumped him hands of a well-trained patriot awaiting caught unprepared in the crossfire in
their neighborhoods.7 Citizens who Amendment. U.S. Attorney General Eric The law abiding
are insufficiently informed are not Holder is on record as stating in 1995
able to effectively avoid risk. Crime that he wanted to brainwash people into citizen would be left
prevention in the U.S. must focus thinking about guns in a vastly different dependent solely on
on not only encouraging citizens to way.8
avoid risk, but also on more accurately Currently, health insurance companies the police to protect
communicating the risks to the public require physicians to ask, in their him and his family
so they can avoid or ameliorate a risk screening process, if patients keep any
when possible, and confront the risk guns in their homes, regardless of the
and that is clearly not
when that is their only option. reason for the doctor visit. They also a reasonable option.
The public cannot adequately require the insured to grant access to
prepare to protect themselves by all medical records by the insurance
becoming better informed of the risks, company at any time. Now, if medical
learning strategies on how to avoid, insurance were provided by a government
ameliorate and confront risks, and entity administered by an individual
teach these methods to their families lacking commitment to the Constitution,
if, at the same time, they must tolerate one can imagine the potential for abuse.
attempts to undermine the Second As another concern, Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, met Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
and Stephen Smith, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York
City, New York State on September 21, 2009. Photo: State Dept Image by Michael Gross
Hillary Clinton reportedly announced Small Arms Treaty Summary contains
that President Obama would seek to these details:
pass through Congress approval of the (55) The World Report on Violence
United Nations Small Arms Treaty.9 The Against Children indicated that violence in
phrase the devil is in the details may the community could take on frightening
fit here. The summary document posted proportions where weapons were in wide
by the U.N. on the issue of a small arms circulation. The report recommended that
treaty and proliferation of guns leading States develop a comprehensive prevention
to violence has the respectable stated goal policy to reduce demand for and access
of stopping international illegal trade. to weapons as a key action to reduce
Among others, the text of the U.N. environmental factors that contribute to

U.S. Attorney
General Eric Holder
is on record as
stating in 1995
that he wanted to
brainwash people
into thinking about BP-2C
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guns in a vastly
General Eric Holder. Photo: United different way.
States Department of Justice
violence against children in the community. achieved buzzword status at some

(56) Just as there is no single cause to armed U.S. think tanks. In recognition of
violence, there is no single solution. Armed the potential for chaos to be created
violence reduction programmes must take by acts of terrorism, spill-over narco
a wide range of risk and resilience factors insurgency, financial breakdown, and
into account and involve all stakeholders. other disasters, citizen resilience has
The current efforts to reduce and contain re-emerged as a point of interest. One
armed violence are generally carried out by must ask: Does a nave understanding of
military and policing institutions, public police protection improve or degrade
health and education agencies [emphasis individual resilience? Does inhibiting BP-2
added] or civil society organizations that individuals desire and ability to defend
focus on conflict prevention, peacebuilding, themselves and their property improve or
transitional justice, and community degrade citizen resilience?
development10 Of course, if the point is crime
This is but one excerpt of the summary reduction and risk amelioration, limiting
of the U.N. agreement but additional access to small arms will only adversely
treaty passages reveal the desire to affect law-abiding citizens. Criminals,
require every weapon everywhere by definition, are willing to break the
and, when possible, all ammunition law and will obviously still use guns. Just
to be traceable by governments. U.N. as the 18th Amendment did not stop
personnel have publicly expressed drinking, even an amendment to reverse
indifference to individual gun ownership the Second Amendment would not
and self-defense needs. It is easy to prevent criminals from obtaining guns.
see the potential for damage to the The law abiding citizen would be left
Constitution by being overly cooperative dependent solely on the police to protect
with various U.N. initiatives. him and his family and that is clearly not BANgstick
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR 2012, http://www.lapdonline.org/ Yamamoto accessed June 11, 2012
Dr. Riggs retired Louisville, history_of_the_lapd/content_basic_ 7
Jennifer Hesterman, Los Zetas
Ohio Chief of Police, a 38-year law view/. Cartel Ambush in Houston, The
enforcement veteran and a graduate
3
Ross L. Riggs, Truth, Justice, CounterTerrorist, April-May 2012, 26.
and the American Way, Magazine of 8
Eric Holder Brainwash People
K9 COP AD #1
of the FBI National Academy. He is
the president of Security Consulting the FBI National Academy Associates, About Guns, YouTube, (18
Investigations, LLC (www.security- June 21, 2011, http://issuu.com/fbi_ March 2012), accessed May 27,
consulting.us). His blogs are available nationalacademyassociate/docs/fbi_mar- 2012, http://www.youtube.com/
at: www.homelandsecuritynet.com/ apr2012_flipbk. watch?v=0nM0asnCXD0.http://www.
HSN/?s=PoliceBlotter and he is working
4
Ross L. Riggs. In Times of Crisis: youtube.com/watch?v=0nM0asnCXD0.
on his first book: To Protect and Serve A Plan for Creating Contingency 9
Rand Paul, Stop the U.N. Gun Ban,
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Book Review
The Eleven: Saudi Guantnamo Veterans

Returning to the Fight
By Evan F. Kohlmann Reviewed by: Chris Graham
S everal years ago in Iraq, I wit-

nessed multiple mass prisoner re-
leases. I felt confident that I would never
the number of American troops killed in
Iraq by terrorists who had already been
in custody and released.
For a number
subject of terrorist recidivism is difficult
to obtain. The Eleven: Saudi Guantnamo
Veterans Returning to the Fight, by Evan F.
see a study commissioned to determine of reasons, accurate information on the Kohlmann (www.nefafoundation.org) is a
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Dec. 31, 2009) A Soldier stands guard in a tower at Camp Delta at Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay.
Photo: U.S. Army by Spc. Cody Black/Released.

uniquely valuable work on the subject. before entering Afghanistan and work- "there is also one other final lesson to be
The previous presidential election ing with the Taliban. US officials believe learned from the [Administrative Review
brought the handling of terrorist prison- he trained at al Qaeda's infamous al Board] ARB panel reviews of the eleven
ers to the forefront as one candidate Farouq terrorist camp near Kandahar, Guantnamo veterans currently sought by
promised to close the US military prison Afghanistan. (This same camp produced Saudi authorities: the danger of blindly
in Guantnamo Bay Cuba (Gitmo). at least seven of the 9/11 hijackers.) He taking anyone at their word that they are
Once elected, President Obama issued was captured in Afghanistan and sent to not, in fact, enemy combatants. Argu-
several executive orders on the subject of Gitmo. Kohlmann states that his case file ably, the most dangerous of the eleven
doing so, and then reversed himself in said, the detainee stated he considers all Saudi Gitmo veterans currently on the
practice by keeping the facility open to Americans his enemy. The Detainee has runSaeed Al Shehri and Mohammed
this day. Despite the prisons being kept decided that he hates all Americans be- Al-Harbi were cooperative, non-confron-
open, about 600 prisoners have been cause they attack his religion, Islam. Since tational, and even charming during their
released.1 The Eleven profiles some of Americans are the detainees enemy he interactions with ARB panel members in
those prisoners. will continue to fight them until he dies." Guantanamo Bay.
The title of the work comes from the Yusuf Al Shehri was nonetheless released The NEFA foundation posted a Direc-
fact that, at the time of publication, by the US military from detention on tor of National Intelligence document
eleven alleged terrorists wanted by the November 9, 2007, to the Saudis. In a called Summary of the Reengagement of
Saudi Arabian government were known quote repeated throughout this docu- Detainees Formerly held at Guantnamo
to have been held at Gitmo and released ment, Kohlmann states, "it is not known Bay, Cuba (2012).2 This document con-
to Saudi Arabia. Obviously, it would be when, how or why Shehri was able to firms that released prisoners are returning
likely that the total number of recidivist escape his Saudi captors." to jihad, albeit at a reportedly improving
terrorists from Gitmo would be higher Jabir Bin Ali Bin Jubran al-Faify rate, to this day. Terrorist recidivism is a
than could be proven. claimed he was "influenced to join jihad complex issue. Kohlmanns The Eleven:
The first man profiled is Saeed Ali Jabir after studying various verses in the Koran Saudi Guantnamo Veterans Returning
al-Kathim al-Shehri. Al-Shehri traveled to dealing with jihad." Al-Faify was a drug to the Fight provides much information
Iran and served as an "al Qaeda facilitator user and saw jihad as an opportunity relevant to the challenges we face with
. . . For youth traveling to Afghanistan." to make things right. It is believed that todays series of inconsistent systems
Al-Shehri admitted to later traveling to he attended the al Farouq camp. He was for terrorist interdiction, apprehension,
Afghanistan before being wounded and picked up in Pakistan after fleeing Tora detention, and release.
taken into custody. Kohlmann states, Bora, Afghanistan, in 2002. The military
"On November 9, 2007, Saeed al-Shehri review board said, "the detainee stated End Notes
was quietly transferred by the US govern- that he now thinks what he did was 1
Summary of the Reengagement of
ment from his cell in Guantanamo Bay mistake." Al-Faify was released to Saudi Detainees Formerly Held at Guanta-
to a locally-run detention facility in Arabia in 2006 and subsequently escaped. namo Bay, Cuba, Director of National
Saudi Arabia. Less than a year later, Al Kohlmann states, "it is not known when, Intelligence, accessed June 2, 2012, www.
-Shehri managed to escape the grip of how or why al-Faify was able to escape his nefafoundation.org
Saudi security forces and fled with other Saudi captors."
2
Ibid.
high-profile Saudi al Qaeda operatives Attacking guards, expressing joining
to neighboring Yemen. Al-Shehri later the jihad to die, and hatred for Ameri-
turned up in a video using the title, Sec- cans and all non-believers was reported
retary General of the Al Qaeda organiza- from other Gitmo releasees. Some were
tion Saudi Arabia." released after the review panel unani-
Yusuf Muhammad Mubarak al-Jebairy mously decided that the subject contin-
al-Shehri had travelled to Syria and Iran ues to be a threat. Kohlmann concludes,

HIZB UT-TAHRIR CONVENES
IN ILLINOIS
By John Andrews
Hizb ut-Tahrir is working for the establishment of an islamic state ("Ummah") lead by one true leader ("khilafah"/caliph).
Counter
The

Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT), or the Islamic
Party of Liberation, is a little-known
organization that has successfully
merged orthodox Islamist ideology
with Leninist strategy and techniques.
I t was founded in 1952 by Sheikh

Taqiuddin an-Nabhani al Falestini. It
is a political party based on Islam. Islam
in this context is not only a religion, but
him. It also states, Allah (swt) says: And
never will Allah grant to the unbelievers
a way over the believers. [4-141]2 HuT
members hold that all other forms of
There are
approximately
10,000 hard core
an all encompassing ideology and way government contradict human nature and
of life that has an answer for all mans bring nothing but misery to mankind. members operating
problems, whether economic, cultural, This is especially true of democracy, which
social, or political. states that sovereignty belongs to the
in over 40 countries
HuT holds that one can only truly live people and not to Allah. with a significant
as a Muslim if he lives under a government
controlled by Muslims. Followers believe
The goal of this organization, as spelled
out in its website, is seizing the reins
presence in London.
that only under such a system can human of power through the Ummah [muslim
nature thrive and experience tranquility.1 community] in order to implement the
The official website of Hizb ut-Tahrir ideology in a comprehensive manner,
states, Another condition of Jihad is that because it is forbidden to seize partial
the ruler must be Muslim, be he righteous power. Hence, the arrival at the ruling
or dissolute (Fajir); the term Fajir does must be total and the implementation of
not include the Kafir (infidel) because the Islam must be comprehensive.3
Kafir cannot be Emir over the Muslim According to an-Nabhani, such a
and the Muslim is not obliged to obey government would be led by a Caliph,

Sheikh Issam Amira (an islamic scholar) talking in a conference organized by Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ramallah.
who is a substitute for Mohammed, a two-year period of study supervised by a

a political, as well as religious, leader. party member. After their indoctrination
He would declare jihad and wage war is complete, they would become a cell
against all non-believers and would member along with five to eight other
not recognize existing national, tribal, members. Only the commander of the cell
or clan differences. The Caliph would knows the next level of the leadership.
be appointed by a group of prominent 2) Convince the Ummah to adopt
men and remain a Caliph as long as he the ideology of the party and follow the
followed Islamic law. He would not be established vanguard. They will do this
accountable to the people.4 by attacking the West as colonial powers
HuT states that they intend to achieve that control the intellectual, political,
the Caliphate by way of a three-pronged economic, and military apparatus of the
approach: Islamic countries through the corrupt
1) Establish a vanguard of loyal cell regimes of the current Muslim leaders who
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The organization 3) The party (through the Ummah and means that it is imperative for the Ummah
led by the vanguard) would seize the reins to appoint an Emir.5
appears to have of power and establish the Caliphate. They There are approximately 10,000 hard
two philosophies state that they then intend to appoint an core members operating in over 40
emir or military leader, who would declare countries with a significant presence in
depending upon jihad against all non-believers, expel all London. Their sources of financing are
their audience. A Western citizens and shred all diplomatic largely unknown.6 HuT is, however, active
agreements with Western governments. in the United States.
spokesman for the HuTs website states, The Emir is a They have recently been conducting
group, Mohammad military leader who leads the Muslims open forums in the U.S. including in
in Jihad against the Infidels. The Imam the Chicago area. On July 19, 2009,
Malkawi, stated to is but a shield behind which one fights approximately 500 people attended a
reporters present at and protects himself. It goes on to say: conference sponsored by the Hizb ut-
the conference in Oak Jihad is obligatory upon you with every

Emir, be it righteous or dissolute. The
Tahrir captioned, The Fall of Capitalism
and the Rise of Islam, in Oak Lawn,
Lawn, Illinois, that Hizb actions and the sayings of the Messenger of Illinois. Another conference sponsored
ut-Tahrir condemns Allah demonstrate that the Muslims must by Hizb ut-Tahrir scheduled for June 17,
appoint an Emir from amongst them and 2012 captioned, Khilafah Conference
terrorism and has never it is this Emir who organises the matter 2012; Liberation by Revelation to be held
indulged in recruiting of Jihad. The reality of Jihad is that Allah in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.7
(swt) has decreed it upon the Muslims as The organization appears to have
jihadists. whole while they had an Emir; thus Jihad two philosophies depending upon their
is a collective duty and with the Emir. This audience. A spokesman for the group,
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Mohammad Malkawi, stated to reporters responsibility toward the world, as a
present at the conference in Oak Lawn, result of their ideological weakness and
Illinois, that Hizb ut-Tahrir condemns their lack of understanding of the laws of
terrorism and has never indulged in the Sharia of the Prophet Muhammad.
recruiting jihadists. He stated, We do not In principle, Jihad is an offensive Jihad,
train them for violence or for jihad. Our which was instated in order to spread
objective is to create an Islamic state of Islam throughout the world.9 Salah
Khalifah in the Muslim world. However, Al-Din Adhadhda, member of the press
intelligence sources have indicated that bureau of Hizb al-Tahrir, stated, the Jihad
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the master of a nation over 1.5 billion strong has been
mind of 9/11, and abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, reduced to the killing of an American in
the former leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, are Iraq, a Briton in Afghanistan, a Jew in
both alumni members.8 Palestine, or a Russian in Chechnya. . . .
Compare what Malkawi says to the U.S. true celebration should only occur with
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, upon press with what Muhammad Ibrahim, the conquest of the capitals of the world
capture. Photo: U.S. forces member of the advisory council of Hizb by the message of Islam10
ut-Tahrir in Lebanon, stated: Some Hizb ut-Tahrir has been recruiting
people tried to interpret jihad to mean members in the U.S. by utilizing new
nothing more than self-defense. Thus, media to market its ideology, such as hip
the Muslims abandoned the pinnacle hop fashion boutiques and bands along
of their glory, and relinquished their with online social networks and chat
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Four motorcycles of Copenhagen Police Department during an demonstration by Hizb ut-Tahrir in Copenhagen the intersection Nrre
Farimagsgade/Frederiksborggade is blocked.
rooms. They have also been recruiting Jizyah with willing submission, and feel
well educated professionals who are themselves subdued.[9-29] and states:
influential in their communities, such as O ye who believe! Fight the unbelievers
doctors, lawyers, business owners, and who gird you about, and let them find
university professors.11 firmness in you: and know that Allah is
Hizb ut-Tarhrirs website has a with those who fear Him. [9-123] So
separate section devoted to Jihad and the fight against the friends of Satan: feeble
establishment of a caliphate to rule over indeed is the cunning.12
all, Muslim and non-Muslim. Allah (swt) Islamic supremacists tell us their goals.
says: Fight against those who believe not It is not only in the Islamic countries that
In Allah, nor in the Last day, nor forbid some want to re-establish their Caliphate,
that which has been forbidden by Allah but in all the capitals of the world. We
and his Messenger and those who accept only have to pay attention and listen to
not the Deen of Truth from among the themnot what they tell the U.S. media
people of the book, until they pay the but what they tell their own followers.

Additionally, we must recognize that, as hizb-ut-tahrir-an-emerging-threat-to-
important as preventing and deterring us-interests-in-central-asia.
individual acts of terrorism is, defeating 5
Hizb ut Tahrir website, accessed June 5,
the objectives of islamists is far more 1012, http://english.hizbuttahrir.org.
important than defeating any single 6
Ariel Cohen, Hizb ut-Tahrir: An
attack. As tragic as the possible loss of life Emerging Threat to U.S Interest in
from another suicide bomber or active Central Asia, The Heritage Foundation:
shooter might be, what would that mean Leadership for America, accessed June 5,
to the future of the country? On the 2012, http://www.heritage.org/research/
other hand, if this ideology is not exposed reports/2003/05/hizb-ut-tahrir-an-
and resisted, what will that mean for the emerging-threat-to-us-interests-in-central-
practice of individual liberty around the asia..
world and at home? 7
Revolution: Liberation by Revelation,
Muslims Marching Toward Victory flyer.
About the Author 8
Protesters Gather outside Islamic
Mr. Andrews is a retired FBI Special Conference near Chicago, Fox News,
Agent with 23 years of experience, July 20, 2009, http://www.foxnews.com/
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Photo: unknown including 20 years investigating story/0,2933,533880,00.html.
international and domestic terrorist
9
MEMRI, August 12, 2009, www.
organizations. Since retiring, he has memri.org.
served as a consultant and recently
10
Ibid.
finished a year-long contract with the
11
Madeleine Gruen, Hizb-ut-Tahrir's
FBI in the Counter Terrorism Division. Activities in the United States, Jamestown
He is currently developing an intelligence Foundation Terrorism Monitor 5, no.
program for Florida State University. 16 (August 16, 2007), http://www.
jamestown.org/programs/gta/single/?tx_
End Notes ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=4377&tx_
1
Ariel Cohen, Hizb ut-Tahrir: An ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=182&no_
Emerging Threat to U.S Interest in cache=1.
Central Asia, The Heritage Foundation:
12
Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Raheem, The
Leadership for America, accessed June 5, Necessity of Political Thought in the Life
2012, http://www.heritage.org/research/ of the Muslims, Hizb ut Tahrir website,
reports/2003/05/hizb-ut-tahrir-an- accessed June 5, 2012, http://english.
emerging-threat-to-us-interests-in-central- hizbuttahrir.org http/index.php/culture/
asia. thoughts/181-the-necessity-of-political-
2
About Us, Hizb ut Tahrir, accessed thought-in-the-life-of-the-muslims.
June 5, 2012, http://english.hizbuttahrir.
org/index.php/about-us.
3
Ibid.
4
Ariel Cohen, Hizb ut-Tahrir:
An Emerging Threat to U.S Interest
in Central Asia, The Heritage
Foundation: Leadership for America,
accessed June 5, 2012, http://www.
heritage.org/research/reports/2003/05/

The author leading a pursuit team. Photo courtesy Eeben Barlow.
RELENTLESS PURSUIT:
A NEGLECTED COIN
PRINCIPLE?
Counter
The

An insurgency is, in essence, a political
conflict that manifests itself with a host of
grievances expressed by the populace
in the form of non-violent and violent
demonstrations and protests.
By Eeben Barlow
L eft unchecked, these actions can

result in an escalation of violence,
attacks on government installations and
ultimately an armed insurgency where the
planned insurgency. It is this intelligence
that poses a threat to the national
interests (NI) of the government and that
ought to guide national policy.
Once the insurgency
reaches its tipping
point, the armed
aggrieved mobilize the populace to take up As the threat is internal against NI, the
arms. Their goal is to force the government function of countering the potential of forces are tasked
to take heed of their dissatisfaction and a real or perceived insurgency lies with
to take control and
govern for the people, and ultimately to law enforcement agencies. Acting on
depose of the government and install their intelligence, the law enforcement agencies counter the armed
own government. must identify and neutralize the pending insurgency.
Identifying the potential for an uprising. These actions can take the form of
insurgency and an armed insurrection is crowd control, riot control, and eventually
the function of the intelligence services. even armed actions against the insurgents.
They ought to utilize all sources and The failure of government to take
agents at their disposal to gain insight heed of the intelligence product and
into the planning and organization of any address the grievances of the populace,

support to sustain their movement as
well as purchase weapons, ammunition,
and other equipment to continue their
armed struggle.
Once the insurgency reaches its tipping
point, the armed forces are tasked to
take control and counter the armed
insurgency. This mission, however,
indicates a failure at the political level,
and thus the armed forces find themselves
in a war that is neither of their own doing
nor their choosing.
In developing a counter insurgency
(COIN) strategy and the subsequent
COIN campaign, the most important
aims are to:
Deny the insurgent freedom and space
in which to maneuver
Regain the lost confidence of the
populace
Create a safe environment for the
populace to live and work without fear
Negate the insurgents principles for an
insurgency
Deny the insurgent access to funding
Many military forces seem to have
found themselves in a mental quandary
as far as counter insurgency (COIN)
operations are concerned. New terms
and buzzwords are created to explain
an age-old phenomenon and papers
are written trying to intellectualize the
insurgent and his ideals. This has given
rise to a host of different arguments on
the conduct of COIN operations. Indeed,
books are written explaining in detail
U.S. Marines make a comm. shot. how insurgencies start and the different
as well as the failure of the law approaches that should be adopted in
enforcement agencies to take appropriate countering the insurgent forces.
pre-emptive actions, will result in the Whereas understanding and debate
insurgency gaining momentum. As ought to be welcomed, it appears as
the insurgency develops, armed forces though we may have forgotten that we
may be used to act in support of law ought to win a war before we try to
enforcement agencies. The insurgents intellectualize it.
will, in turn, seek to galvanize national However, there are three basic
and international support. Additionally, approaches to modern counter
the insurgents will seek to gain financial insurgency1:

For more information, visit: http://ntoa.org/site/tactical-conference/
A map showing the insurgent forces progress (in red) as well as blocking forces ahead (in Weapons hidden in a WWII baby carriage.
blue). This pursuit took place over a distance of more than 700 km. Photo: EB Photo: Shpritz
1. Enemy-centric 2. Population-centric
approach: approach:
This approach views COIN as an This approach views COIN as an
extension of conventional warfare and attempt to mobilize the population
therefore centres primarily on defeating and gain support to act against the
the insurgent. The belief is that the enemy government. In essence, the population
must be located and destroyed and, in so becomes the water the fish must swim
doing, the problem will be solved. The in. Remove the water and the fish
enemy is viewed as an organized enemy cannot survive. This requires securing
that follows typical tactics, techniques, the population, realigning their loyalty
and procedures (TTPs) related to towards the government, and denying the
movement. Within this approach, insurgent access to the population. This is
numerous strategies can be formulated to considered by many to be the foundation
achieve the aim. of the hearts-and-minds policy.

Iranian Girls Gift Their Money boxes as symbolic for supplying logistic Iranian Forces. Photo: sajed.ir
3. Fund-centric Whereas no two insurgencies are

approach: identical in nature, all insurgencies
This approach views the driving force contain elements of all three
of the insurgency as a need to gain approaches. To counteract the
and use financial assets and benefits. insurgent on a wide front, a planned,
In the early stages of the insurgency, coordinated and controlled integration
the movement requires financial assets of political, civilian, law enforcement
with which to purchase weapons, and military counter-actions needs to
ammunition, and equipment, as well be applied. These counter-actions must
as to sustain the movement. To achieve be cognizant of the political, security,
this, the movement may form foreign economic, social, tribal, religious, and
alliances or even resort to crime to fund cultural environments in which they
their activities. will be implemented.

The use of
helicopters to
deploy substitute
troops after a
few hours of
pursuit enhances
the principle of
relentless pursuit.
U.S. Marines insert via fast-rope.

These three approaches give rise to a operate according to tactics, techniques
trinity of gravity in COIN operations as and procedures. The TTPs are, in turn,
opposed to a single centre of gravity as derived from the principles of COIN as
expounded by Clausewitz. It is a critical well as from the lessons learned that are
factor in neutralizing and destroying an particular to the campaign being fought.
insurgent force. If two of these pillars of This does, however, not reduce the
the trinity are collapsed, the insurgency frustration of the soldier in the field.
will collapse. The frustration is increased when
The population-centric approach it appears that the insurgent has the
is and will remain a function of good initiativewhich indeed he has at
governance. The fund-centric approach timesas he can choose his place, time,
is and will remain an intelligence and and method of attack. These attacks
law enforcement matter. The enemy- are usually of short duration but are
centric approach involves the soldier on aimed at killing, wounding, disrupting,
the ground. In most instances, he wants demoralizing or delaying their opponents.
to find, fix, and destroy the enemy, The insurgents also aim to get maximum
and he has scant interest in the two publicity for their actions and their cause.
remaining approaches. Civilian casualties are both a means to an
Fighting an apparently elusive enemy end and a method of intimidation aimed
during COIN operations can be very at forcing support or demonstrating the
frustrating for the man in the field, weakness of the government.
especially when he is expected to conduct When the insurgent believes he has
population-centric operations on behalf the initiative, he becomes bolder and
of a failed government. Indeed, had more daring. When we believe that he
the government competently governed, has the initiative, it places us in a reactive
the intelligence agencies gathered the state-of-mind, thus reaffirming and
requisite intelligence, and the law strengthening the insurgents belief in his
enforcement agencies exercised the law position.
in a manner regarded as legitimate by the Wresting the initiative from the
population, the insurgency could, in all insurgent is not as easy as it sounds,
likelihood, have been nipped in the bud. but it is not impossible. We need
As with all military operations, to place the enemy in a position of
strategies are devised, operational plans continual disadvantage and then exploit
made, and deployments then take place it with speed, aggression, and targeted
according to the numerous principles firepower. The tactical principles of
that have over time been proven to be COIN, correctly applied to the terrain
relevant. COIN is no exception, as it, in which the campaign takes place,
tooas an action aimed at defeating enable us to do this, but one principle
an enemyhas both strategic and that appears to receive little attention is
tactical principles that have, over time, relentless pursuit.
manifested themselves to be relevant Relentless pursuit implies the enemy
to the type of campaign that is being is pursued with speed and aggression,
planned and fought. without stopping, pushing him past the
As with conventional operations, limits of his endurance while continually
soldiers engaged in COIN operations substituting the men doing the pursuit

Pursuit must continue frogged ahead of the teams on the tracks and enemy. Once the trackers have analyzed
relieve them. A good guideline is to deploy the age of the tracks to within an hour
after dark and a pursuit team for four to five hours before or less, it is possible to determine the
through the night. relieving it with a fresh team. The pursuit distance the insurgents are ahead of
teams must have the ability to operate by the pursuit force. Helicopters can then
Equipment such as both day and night in order to give the be used to deploy troops into blocking
night vision goggles insurgents no respite. Once contact has been positions, as well as deliver troops
made with the insurgent force, aggressive onto tactically advantageous ground.
and illumination focussed application of fire, and manoeuvre Alternatively, troops can be deployed to
flares must be used must be applied. seal off villages and temporarily prevent
In applying relentless pursuit, the their use by the insurgents.
to the optimal. ability to track humans is an essential The use of dummy-drops using
prerequisite. Good visual trackers can tell helicopters can be executed to the
the age of a track as well as indicate if the flanks of the moving insurgent forces
with fresh troops. This forces the enemy is carrying heavy loads, how fast to channel them into a specific area.
enemy into a state of exhaustion as he he is moving, the types of weapons he has The dummy-drops must be sufficiently
has no time to eat, rest or sleep. It also (this is identified when locating enemy realistic for the enemy to believe that
degrades his morale, leads to panic, and resting places), what he is eating, what troops are indeed being inserted to their
subsequently leads him to make mistakes. counter-tracking measures he is taking, flanks. These dummy-drops must be
When the enemy is tired and hungry, and so forth. Good trackers are also able close enough for the enemy to either hear
he becomes weak and slow in his to identify disturbances in the soil or or even observe them but far enough
movements, disorientated, and prone to tripwires indicating a possible landmine away to prevent the enemy from using
making poor decisions. It is these mistakes or IED as well as indications of an small arms on the helicopter.
we need to identify and exploit to ambush ahead of the pursuit force. Implementing relentless pursuit
aggressively seize the initiative. Therefore, Supporting the combat trackers are requires, amongst others, that troops:
every possibility must be exploited to troops that are lightly equipped but well- Can eat while on the move
hunt down the insurgents and either force armed and ready to conduct immediate Can track an enemy at speed
a surrender or destroy them. offensive actions when required. The size Are able to leap-frog ahead of the
To effectively close with and destroy the of these teams will depend on the size of enemy by means of helicopters
enemy, the training and organisation of the the insurgent force being pursued, as well or vehicles
units conducting the campaign need to be as its past actions. Have outstanding communications
reassessed. Combat tracker teams supported The use of helicopters to deploy Are aggressive
by correctly trained and lightly equipped substitute troops after a few hours Are adept at night operations
troops must be deployed and conduct an of pursuit enhances the principle of Must outgun the enemy with
aggressive pursuit policy. To enable the relentless pursuit. Tired troops can be superior skill and weaponry
pursuit forces to maintain their speed on the replaced with fresh troops to maintain Have a rapid reaction force on standby
insurgents tracks, fresh teams must be leap- momentum and keep pressure on the Troops need to be conditioned to eat

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to make his escape. Apart from their to the principle of aggressive, focused take cover, thus slowing his escape.
weapons and ammunition, dry rations application of force. When the enemy scatters (bombshells),
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in so-called friendly-fire incidents. enemys progress or forcing him to show arriving on the ground, must be kept
Communication is also essential to enable himself prematurely. on standby. This force can comprise
calling for air support, fresh troops, or The enemy must be engaged at resting pursuit force men who have
the quick reaction force. By frequently maximum range, terrain depending, been replaced with fresh troops and are
reporting the pursuit forces coordinates, to force him to deploy tactically. Long available for immediate air-lift.
operations officers will be able to plot distance engagements may not cause To apply relentless pursuit, the troops
and even predict the enemys intended enemy casualties but it will slow his need to be fit, mentally alert, and ready to
direction of movement. progress and allow friendly forces to begin immediately take offensive action. Failure
Troops need to develop their aggression offensive tactical maneuvers. Weapons to apply the principle of relentless pursuit
level to such a point that the enemy fears such as the 20mm personal assault will continue to give the enemy options
and advantages, often at our own peril.
About the Author
Mr. Barlow is a former special
operations officer and intelligence officer
of the South African Defence Force. He
was the founder of the private military
company, Executive Outcomes, author of
the book Executive Outcomes and www.
eebenbarlowsmilitaryandsecurityblog.
blogspot.com. He is currently writing
a book on the conduct of land-based
operations in Africa.
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n a bright Iraqi day, I

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had been ambushed in the village of
Udaim. The Iraqi soldiers had been over-
run, and most of the survivors had been
executed before we arrived. The high-
intensity combat of the day had waned as
any remaining live insurgents fled.
The insurgent at my feet was wearing
commercially produced body armor with
steel plates that had successfully defeated
two 5.56 x 45 mm hits to the chest. I was
admiring the headshot that had taken
him out when the silly upbeat ringtone
of a cell phone startled me. It was ring-
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callers attempted to get through over the
next few minutes. The surviving insur-
gents seemed to be attempting to rally. from the Palm Beach Sheriffs Office and the device and discussed suspect inter-
Our HUMINT team bagged the phone a State Department Anti-Terrorism As- views designed to establish an individuals
and retained it for exploitation. We sistance Program instructor, served as our relationship to a device. We were encour-
never received any information from that lead instructor. aged to leave devices that are off when
phone, but I continue to hope that it was On the first day of training, we seized off unless exigent circumstances
pushed forward to another operational introduced ourselves to each other and required urgent exploitation. We talked
unit for action. received a lecture on modern manufac- about collecting devices that were on
Cell phones and mobile communica- turers and operating systems. We talked and the preference to keep them on to
tion devices are a universal part of mod- about wireless network generation, GSM, prevent engaging passcodes or encryp-
ern life. Soldiers and police officers who and CDMA networks. We were given tion that might be difficult to defeat and
do not know how to handle these items definitions for digital evidence and digital considerations for inhibiting subjects
to support the maximum acquisition of forensics. We discussed considerations, from remotely dumping data or chang-
information, evidence, and intelligence locations where this information might ing information that might undermine
are detrimental to operations. Unfortu- be collected, and common and uncom- evidentiary value. We talked about the
nately, they are not uncommon. mon evidence to collect. benefits of seizing supporting accessories
In order to improve these skills in the In the afternoon, we were lectured and the need to be able to provide power
law-enforcement world, Epyx Forensics on legal authority, plain view doctrine, to keep the device on.
offers several blocks of mobile train- and exigent circumstances relevant to Day two included discussion of the use
ing. I recently had the opportunity to communication devices. We talked about of cell phones for tracking and eaves-
attend their Mobile Device Seizure and physical evidence possibilities such as dropping and watching some supporting
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