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Title: A Better Approach to Urban Operations
Post by: rangerrebew on September 14, 2017, 08:50:44 am

A Better Approach to Urban Operations
By John Spencer & John Amble
September 13, 2017

Treat Cities Like Human Bodies

Mosul has been wrested from the three-year-old grasp of ISIS. In Raqqa, the cityscape is one of ruin and devastation as efforts to dislodge the group continue apace there, as well. However, a fundamental question remains. Each city has thus far survived the ISIS-related ills that have plagued it, but will they survive and recover from the massively destructive efforts to expel the group?

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/09/13/a_better_approach_to_urban_operations__112291.html