From: "Mark" 



"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:462fd3f1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Mark wrote:
>> Looks like we continue to lose the media war, thanks mostly to the
>> division
>> right here me thinks (remember all the screaming when we were placing
>> accurate articles in the Iraqi press -- can't do that now can we? Dumb).
>>
>> Anyway, these guys have proven reliable from the getgo:
>>
>> http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2007/04/wall.html
>> First and foremost, I don't know why "The Wall" is
becoming such an issue
>> now. Work to construct similar walls started weeks ago in the Amiriya and
>> Ghazaliyah districts. The "news" went utterly unnoticed then.
>>
>> But that's not what matters. What does matter is effectiveness versus
>> side-effects. Neither should be neglected.
>>
>> Yesterday leaflets were distributed in the streets of Adhamiya (or
>> Azamiya,
>> English doesn't have the exact sound anyway). The leaflets - printed and
>> distributed by persons unknown - called on residents to protest the
>> building
>> of the wall. Knowing that the only organized entity capable of such quick
>> response to events in Adhamiya are either the insurgents or al-Qaeda
>> strongly indicates that they were behind the planned protest. More
>> important
>> still is that it indicates they see the wall as a threat to their
>> movement
>> and ability to carry out their actions.
>>
>> From a tactical point of view these walls can be very useful in reducing
>> the
>> levels of violence in targeted areas. Militants will have to stay in
>> their
>> home areas to avoid passing through the controlled gates. This reduces
>> their
>> ability to transport weapons and munitions for storage or operations in
>> other districts. Failing that they will have to relocate to a district
>> where
>> it would be easier for them to operate. In either case the capacity of
>> the
>> militants to sustain their current level of operations would be
>> impaired....
>>
>
> Yup. Mostly accurate which shows this must be a quote & not a Mark
> view...
>
> Adam

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