Tough New Tactics by U.S. Tighten Grip on Iraq Towns
By DEXTER FILKINS
Published: December 7, 2003
ABU HISHMA, Iraq, Dec. 6 — As the guerrilla war against Iraqi insurgents intensifies,
American soldiers have begun wrapping entire villages in barbed wire.In selective cases, American soldiers are demolishing buildings thought to be used by Iraqi attackers.
They have begun imprisoning the relatives of suspected guerrillas, in hopes of pressing the insurgents to turn themselves in. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/international/middleeast/07TACT.html?ex=1071378000&en=b9c5e965e018edf1&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLEMaybe we should continue along these lines and torture the imprisoned relatives in the town square. That ought to teach them to accpt the freedom we have given them... right?