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As the lead ﬁ rearms instructor and a SWAT member in an American police department, I have been asked to sit on many review boards for ofﬁ cer involved

shootings. BY KENT O’DONNELL

he goal of such reviews is to deter- It is diffi cult to have an offi cer off the at the best departments. Some departments mine if an offi cer acted correctly, street for required training, and nearly impos- lack night shooting, shooting moving targets Tacted inappropriately or if there was sible to get enough time to train to the high- and shooting with “no-shoot” targets and a training failure. In some cases, the offi cer est level of gunfi ghter for the wide range of “shoot” targets that are moving. Departments acted lawfully, within policy, in accordance situations that may occur. Training has been with video training solutions do this, but not with training and we still fi nd a training fail- designed to get a large number of trainees every department does. ure; meaning the department did not provide through a number of base scenarios, from Do you train to a higher standard than the suffi cient training. This is not a popular fi nd- which the offi cer will draw from when faced law enforcement agencies in your area? Is ing, but it is sometimes the correct one. with every situation in the real world. This is there any reason to believe continued on next page NAME OF ARTICLE HERE

CONTENTS you are capable of better results than they BLUE ON BLUE: achieve if you don’t? Would you like to learn 01 POLICE FIREARM MISHAPS from their mistakes? BY KENT O’DONNELL NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 2012 GEAR REVIEW: On 24th August 2012, Suspect Jeffery T. John- 04 BREACHPEN son, age 58, killed a co-worker on the 33rd EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: street side of the Empire State Building. Using 05 JUNGLE a .45 caliber handgun, Johnson came out from WRITTEN BY YOSSI GHINSBERG hiding behind a van and shot his co-worker SUMMARY BY JOHN STEVENSON one time in the head, then stood over him, COVERT COMMUNICATIONS: shooting him four more times. 08 ACTIVE AND PASSIVE Johnson walked east on 33rd then north on BY CHRIS GRAHAM Fifth Avenue. A construction worker who wit- nessed the shooting followed him. In front of FOOD STORAGE: 11 PRESSURE AND HOT WATER CANNING the Empire State building, the construction BY JIM LeBLANC worker alerted two police officers stationed there. We can see (on CCTV footage), the of- TIRE SELECTION FOR YOUR MISSION ficers approach Johnson from behind. John- Officer James Davies, killed by another officer in 14 BY BRUCE REICHEL son turned to face the officers who were run- Lakewood, CO, 2012. SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ning toward him almost in a single file line. 17 THE REVOLUTION The first officer appears to be left-handed and tions of: seek cover, in a crowd take a knee BY DEAN T. OLSON had his weapon holstered. The second officer and shoot upward, and try to use the “L” (as in was right-handed, had his weapon drawn and an L-shaped ambush) of contact and cover to 20 PROFILES OF COURAGE: pointed at the suspect, using a strong-hand- shoot from two directions, and avoid cross fire LUIS CELIS only grip. Johnson looked over his shoulder at situations; what could have happened? Seek the police. He knew they were after him. cover: hiding behind the low planters would He produced the handgun and held it have placed the officer’s heads at near muzzle strong hand only in a modified high com- level with how the suspect was holding the pressed ready, with the muzzle clearly pointed weapon. This was not a solution at this close STAFF toward the officers and general public. The distance. Taking a knee would have caused a front officer stopped running and started back loss of mobility and the suspect was very mo- DAVID MORRIS and “OX” Publishers peddling. They were approximately within 12 bile during the shooting. Additionally, shoot- CHRIS GRAHAM Editor to 20 feet of each other. The street had vehicle ing up in a city full of tall buildings puts your www.chrisgrahamauthor.com traffic and the side walk had typical New York rounds into a faraway office window. Kneeling JOHN HIGGS Copy Editor pedestrian traffic. All three people were on the and using the angle was not the best option. www.junkyard-dog.net curb side of the side walk, almost linear, with The last skill: separate and use angles to avoid BETTY SHONTS Graphic Designer the second officer slightly offset to the build- cross fire, but still divide the suspect’s atten- ing side of the sidewalk when the shooting tion, was tried by the officers to some extent. began. The investigation revealed that the sus- If you are ever forced to fight it out with a OUR LAWYERS INSIST WE MAKE THE FOLLOWING DISCLAIMER: You pect did not fire. He appears to have experi- bad guy in a crowd there are several things may die in an emergency, even if you follow this training to the enced a stoppage, but it is clear he attempted to consider. Many organizations have a safety letter. You might get hurt doing some of the exercises suggested, hurt someone else, or be subject to civil or criminal liability if to fire. The front officer backed away and -to rule that states, “Never point your weapon at you do anything mentioned in this newsletter. Verify that the ac- ward the street side while drawing to fire with anything you are not willing to destroy”. In tions mentioned are legal where you are before even considering them. This is presented as a tool to help increase your chance of a two-handed grip. The second officer moved a crowd, Max Joseph’s “position SUL” (Portu- surviving natural and manmade disasters. While we guarantee away from the front officer, moving toward guese for South) allows you to draw the weap- your satisfaction with the information, we can not guarantee your survival or well-being. The author provides information about his the building side and fired while moving later- on to a high compressed position in front of experiences and preparations and gives general information. He is ally with a strong hand only grip. The police your chest with the muzzle pointed straight not an accountant, doctor, investment advisor or attorney and is not in the business of advising individuals on their specific situ- officers fired a combined 16 rounds at the sus- down, angled toward the space in front of ation. If you need specific professional assistance, please contact pect. Nine bystanders were wounded by stray your toes. The weapon does not get pointed at a local professional. rounds as well as rounds passing through the anyone, and you are more than half way to “on- ©COPYRIGHT 2018 TACTICS AND PREPAREDNESS. ALL RIGHTS suspect, ricochets or bullet fragments. Apply- target” for fast presentation once you have a RESERVED. THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS MATERIAL PROTECTED UNDER INTERNATIONAL AND FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS AND ing the standard basic academy shooting solu- shot you can make. A shooter should fire with TREATIES. ANY UNAUTHORIZED REPRINT OR USE OF THIS MATERIAL IS PROHIBITED. NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRONIC OR MECHANICAL, INCLUDING PHOTOCOPYING, Never point your weapon at anything RECORDING, OR BY ANY INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM WITHOUT EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE you are not willing to destroy. AUTHOR / PUBLISHER.

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OFTEN, WE TRAIN TO SHOOT, SHOOT, SHOOT, WHEN IN FACT WE NEED TO TRAIN TO IDENTIFY, AND SHOOT AS NECESSARY.

two hands on the weapon whenever possible. a sergeant observed a subject fire a weapon The TL stated he saw a bald-headed His- We also know we get the most accurate shots nearby. Numerous officers from multiple de- panic male with a black pistol in one hand, on target when we are standing still whether partments and air support responded to an and a flashlight in the other hand looking over the target is moving or not; so post up, shoot assistance request and arrived on the scene. the top of a six-foot privacy fence. The TL fast, and win with fewer shots. A well-trained The search led officers to a house where they stated he yelled, “Police! Drop the gun! Drop shooter can hit targets from distances where believed the suspect might be. An ad hoc the gun!” The person did not comply, and the most suspects lack skill. In this case, shoot- SWAT situation began. Three people inside the TL stated the individual raised the weapon ing and advancing would have placed more house exited after a SWAT negotiator spoke in his direction. The TL fired six rounds. One citizens behind you, which may have been with them by phone. The three individuals of which struck the Lakewood officer in the better. Targeting the shooter’s pelvis may be were taken into custody without incident and head, killing him. The distance between the an option to reduce his mobility if the angle no weapons were found. A Lakewood officer two officers was between 23 and 25 feet. The is advantageous. These officers were given and his partner walked to the back of the resi- SWAT TL was using a patrol rifle with a light a very challenging situation and applied the dence to make sure no one ran out the back. mounted on it. He activated the light as he or- best skills they had. Avoid gunfights in crowds The resident advised there were pit bulls in dered the person to drop the weapon. if at all possible. If you find yourself forced into the house. Additional officers responded to Many organizations have a safety rule that such a fight, do not press the trigger on shots assist with the dogs and searching the house. states, “Be sure of your target and what is be- that you cannot guarantee. If you shoot nine A SWAT team leader (TL) was in the house, yond”. With a rifle, the distance the round will bystanders in a future incident, you can rea- and was advised the back yard had not been travel is even greater than a pistol. Low light sonably expect to face criminal prosecution searched. The Lakewood officer was at the or night shooting with a duty handgun is often and a great deal of civil liability. back door when he believed he heard voices required. Night shooting with a patrol rifle or in the back yard. He and two other officers ex- shotgun is not required in all agencies. When LAKEWOOD, COLORADO, 2012 ited the house to a car port and began search- searching in low light conditions the weapon In November of 2012, in Lakewood Colorado, ing. The SWAT TL was alerted by a voice that muzzle can be depressed to 45 degrees allow- police responded to a loud party. Upon arrival, said to him, “hey”. ing you to search with the spill of the light, us-

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ing the beam of the light to blind the suspect The chase ended in a crash with the van sharpen your skills and show you your limita- is one last escalation-of-force. hitting a light pole and a fire hydrant. As two tions with much more precision than the ma- When shooters are trained to scan before female passengers exited the vehicle during a jority of armed professionals have. Be careful re-holstering, they often look left and right rapidly developing felony stop, one senior of- at the range and in the world. with their heads, but do not see and process ficer ordered a girl to lay on the ground. Sirens 1. Treat all weapons as if they are what they are not expecting to see. In this sit- blared, cops were yelling instructions and the loaded. uation, the officer who fired reported seeing officer unintentionally fired his weapon. The 2. Keep your weapon pointed in a safe the black semi-auto pistol and the flash light. It round hit the ground and a fragment struck direction. seems that these did not process beyond the the other girl already prone on the ground. 3. Keep your finger off the trigger. point that it could be a bad guy. She sustained a minor injury, was treated and 4. Be sure of your target and what lies We must train no-shoot scenarios, not games released. Many organizations have a safety beyond it. or impossible scenarios, but scenarios that the rule that states, “Keep your finger straight Get trained to a higher standard, shoot mov- student can input into his or her brain that and off the trigger until you are ready to fire”. ing targets, and practice threat identification three clues make three. Not one, not two, but We know that when we carry out an action drills. 3 three. Often, we train to shoot, shoot, shoot, with one hand (for example, squeezing some- when in fact we need to train to identify, and thing) the other hand often will do something BIO shoot as necessary. This could have been a dad similar. We know that if we startle, we tend to Kent O’Donnell is a former Recon Marine who woke up in the night to a noise and then squeeze our hands together. and a retired police sergeant. He spent most found his own son sneaking home. You must Whether you are a law enforcement agent of his career on his department’s SWAT team. see and process information, not just look. or an armed citizen, we must train. We must Kent has done risk and security audits train to be accurate when we shoot, and we and training throughout west Africa, South MORGAN HILL, CALIFORNIA must train to be accurate in our decision to America and Europe and provided weap- Four teenagers stole a van. The male driver shoot. We must have appropriate gear (for ex- ons and tactics training around the world. had a criminal history. They all agreed to com- ample, lights and weapon mounted lights so Kent worked on a U.S. government project mit the crime. The police were looking for the we can positively identify the target). Shoot- in Libya for six months and currently serves stolen van and spotted it. A pursuit ensued. ing a local match just once a month will www.360worldwidesecurity.com.

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4 www.tacticsandpreparedness.com TACTICS & PREPAREDNESS NOVEMBER 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PIXABAY - ARNOFISCHBACHER JUNGLE In 1981, young Yossi Ghinsberg was backpacking around South America BY YOSSI GHINSBERG looking for adventure. SUMMARY BY JOHN STEVENSON

hile on his quest for life experi- discussion and misgivings among the three well. They were long, arduous days, but the ence, Yossi became friends with friends, they decided to take Karl up on his group made steady progress. The first signs of Wtwo other backpackers: Kevin offer. On November 3, 1981 the group of four division began when Marcus exhibited signs Gale from the United States and Marcus adventurers caught a flight to Apolo, Bolivia of nervousness when the three friends were Stamm from Switzerland. The three friends to start their jungle trek. The group was ex- temporarily separated from Karl. He behaved decided to stay together and make a trip into pecting to be back by December 15. They hysterically. Kevin told him that he wasn’t cut the jungle. They needed a guide and they be- bought some provisions, but Karl had told out for the jungle and should head back became acquainted with a young Austrian who them that game would be abundant and that cause he was mentally weak. The exchange had been living and working in Bolivia for there would be plenty of fresh meat. A de- seemed to fracture the men into two groups. the previous ten years. Karl Ruchprecter as- tailed map wasn’t available, but Ruchprecter Marcus seemed to become reliant upon Karl serted that he had worked in the jungles of brought a largescale map of the area that was for every move he made while Yossi and Kev- Bolivia and Peru looking for precious metals nearly useless for navigation, but the group in became inseparable. Factionalizing of the and antiquities. He offered to guide the three believed he knew the area like the back of group led to hurt feelings and a breakdown mochileros (backpackers) and after some his hand. The first few days of the trip went of working as a team. The men followed Karl

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through the jungle to several ranches and the jungle to pull the WIKIPEDIA eventually to the village of Asriamas where raft free. Yossi waited on he had some friends who were willing to the raft and the vessel refresh their rice and bean supplies. Karl slipped free. Yossi threw was never able to bring them to an “authen- Kevin his boots and their tic” Indian village that he had promised to machete before he was guide the three friends to, but they rested carried downstream. up for a couple of days before moving on. Yossi couldn’t keep After six days of wandering around the jun- track of time or distance gle, the three men voted to head back to the as he fought the raging village of Asriamas. The men were mentally river. The raft was bro- worn down and plagued by fire ants, bees, ken apart and his pre- mosquitoes and leeches. Their feet were cious store of supplies constantly wet and Marcus developed a fun- was lost, but he made it gus on his feet making it progressively more ashore. Frightened and painful to walk. They retraced their steps to alone, but uninjured, Asriamas where the men decided to change Yossi caught his breath plans yet again and to have the villagers make and repeated, “I’m a man them a raft out of balsa logs so they could raft of action” to himself. He down the Tuichi River to the town of Rurren- got moving back in the abaque and then catch a flight to La Paz. They direction that he’d come stayed in Asriamas for over a week. Marcus’s in an attempt to locate feet healed and he decided to join the rafting the supply pack and expedition. Karl bartered all of the group’s hopefully, Kevin too. Not fishing line, hooks, cigarette lighters and in- far upstream he came sect repellent, but assured the three others across the wreckage of Yossi struggled with thoughts of giving up and dying, but he reframed himself that it was not a problem. They set off into the raft and he guessed as a Bolivian Robinson Crusoe. These positive thoughts gave Yossi the strength the white water of the Tuichi River. They lost that the supplies would to reorient his mind in a productive direction. their steering poles, they lost and recovered be caught nearby. It was men overboard and they disagreed on how too late in the day to try to steer through the rapids. After several days to find it so Yossi improvised shelter from walk turned out to be a climb up steep cliffs the group decided to change plans again. Karl what he could gather with his hands or pull away from the river that would cost him two suggested that since they had arrived at the up out of the ground. He didn’t have a knife. days of exhausting toil only to end up back junction of the Tuichi River and the Ipurama In the morning, Yossi set out to find the on the bank of the Tuichi. After ascending the River that they should head up the Ipurama supplies. After two hours of walking, Yossi mountains, Yossi realized that he had no way River to the village of Ipurama and then rent spotted the pack stuck among some rocks in to navigate other than to follow the river if donkeys and ride back to Apolo. All agreed, the river. He now had some food, a way to he was going to survive. He had to get back however, by the next morning Kevin had re- improvise shelter, medicines, matches and a to the river, but he had no idea which way considered and talked Yossi into going down lighter, mosquito nets and bug repellent. Yossi to go until he found a small stream to follow the Tuichi River to the village of Curiplaya camped in a cave. The cave had dry branches down to the Tuichi. He couldn’t get dry, his and eventually back to La Paz. With a final ad- in it that he used to start a fire and cook rice feet continued to deteriorate and he made do monition from Karl to stay together, the two and beans. The cave was his home for three with fruit and jungle chicken eggs when he groups went their separate ways. Yossi and nights as he attempted to dry his feet and re- could find them. Not knowing how long he’d Kevin set out into the rough waters of the cover. be in the jungle, Yossi rationed a spoonful of Tuichi River hoping to make it to the village On his sixth day alone, Yossi set out for the rice and beans on the few occasions that he of Curiplaya. Karl and Marcus went into the village of Curiplaya. He knew that if Kevin could get a fire started. He also worried that jungle on foot. was still alive he’d be headed there too. Karl’s he would find Kevin and that Kevin would Toward the end of Kevin and Yossi’s first estimation of the location of Curiplaya put it be angry with him for eating the food alone. day alone, the raft was smashed against a rock within 6-7 miles of where Yossi believed him- Yossi found another cave and spent a day and held in place. Kevin decided to swim for self to be. The next morning, Yossi set out for there. After his rest day, he set out following the shore and use a vine that he’d cut from Curiplaya. What he assumed would be an easy the river again and came to a small aban- FACTIONALIZING OF THE GROUP LED TO HURT FEELINGS AND A BREAKDOWN OF WORKING AS A TEAM.

6 www.tacticsandpreparedness.com TACTICS & PREPAREDNESS NOVEMBER 2018 doned village. There were no people or sup- to a spot that looked vaguely familiar. Yossi plies to be had, but there were several huts. realized that he had backtracked all the way He got off the ground and dry for another to the remains of what he had thought was night. He lit a fire and cooked some hot food. Curiplaya. The next morning he set off in a downpour The river had washed all but one of the for the village of San Jose. Karl had told him huts away so he took shelter there for the that it was an easy four day hike with a clear night after spreading his poncho on the trail to guide him. beach to dry out. As he lay in the hut he again After following what he thought was the struggled with thoughts of giving up and trail for most of the day, Yossi recognized dying, but he reframed himself as a Bolivian things that he had passed earlier on. He had Robinson Crusoe. These positive thoughts spent most of the day walking in a circle. That gave Yossi the strength to reorient his mind night, Yossi improvised a shelter of twisted in a productive direction. palm fronds (because he had no knife). He That evening, at dusk, a small boat came up the river with three men in it. They spotted him because he wasn’t inside the hut waiting to die. As it turned out Kevin had been rescued by a couple of hunters after five days of hiking in the jungle and floating in the river alone. After his rescue, he had been try- IN 21SHOOT DAYS OR YOUR ing to get anyone who would help to search for Yossi. After trying unsuccessfully to get MONEY BACK... help from the military and the embassies of the group’s different countries, Kevin hired FOR300% LESS THAN THE a boat and the two hunters who’d rescued him and they went back down the Tuichi in COST OF A BOX OF search of Yossi. No one believed that a tourist could have survived for three weeks in the PRACTICEBETTER AMMO! jungle, so Kevin received little help. On the last day of his search, as the boat’s owner was ready to turn around, Kevin spotted Yossi outside of his shelter and he was saved. They learned later that Karl was a criminal, wanted by the Austrian government and Interpol for crimes associated with radi- cal leftist groups in Europe. Karl and Marcus were never seen again. overlapped them and the rain flowed off of A positive mindset, being task-oriented and the sides of his “roof” keeping him warm and keeping a level head can pull you through dry. He put his feet in one of his waterproof challenging situations. These things saved bags in an attempt to dry them. Yossi despite inadequate preparation for the In the morning, Yossi decided to abandon journey. The development of useful skills be- the “trail” and stick to the river. He trudged fore they are needed, competent planning and for several more days, following the Tuichi more constructive preparation could have River. He came across an abandoned camp- prevented most of the pain of this drama. Ev- site where he decided to spend the night. ery story provides an education and this one A fierce storm broke and he fled to higher provides many lessons in what not to do. 3 52DRY dry fire FIRE training TRAINING exercises and drillsCARDS that cover: – ground as the Tuichi overflowed. After seven- • firearms fundamentals teen days alone, Yossi decided to turn back THE BEST WAY TO KEEP YOUR BIO • advanced concepts and head for a broad section of beach along John Stevenson is a former police officer, SHOOTING• dry fire exercise SKILLSdrills IN PEAK the banks of the River where he convinced U.S. Border Patrol agent and Federal Air • dry fire complex movement drills himself that a plane might spot him. The Marshal. •CONDITION low-light drills ALL YEAR LONG river had surged with the season and every They are a force multiplier that will allow you to create stream had become a raging torrent to cross. ••• muscle memory and hardwire perfect form into your subconscious mind faster (and cheaper) than what is For days he fought through bogs and swamps If there is a book you would like to recommend, or to contribute a summary, contact us at: humanly possible with just live fire or traditional dry created by the storm to travel back the way [email protected] fire alone. he had come. He moved on until he came •••

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COVERT COMMUNICATIONS In 2018, people generally [ACTIVE AND PASSIVE] understand that electronic communications are not secure. BY CHRIS GRAHAM t is wise to assume that anything you text, to politely pull her away from a conversation if himself from cash and contraband. His dope email or store digitally will eventually be she uses a certain pro-word, you have already may be stored in separate caches on property Iaccessed by whomever you would least used covert communication skills. There are that can’t be connected to him, in quantities like to see it. Even if your security practices many reasons you may wish to communicate that individually minimize legal liability, and are impeccable, the likelihood that the gov- privately during an emergency, when facing he may communicate passively, using “dead ernment, medical providers, employers or uncertain circumstances or even when trying drops” like an intelligence officer would, to one of the companies you do business with to defend yourself. Sophisticated criminals avoid delivering contraband to others person- will leak your personal data (that you never have highly developed skills for covert com- ally and to avoid receiving cash from others wanted them to have in the first place) is munication and so do intelligence officers. If personally. This is not the guy you see wres- high. In the physical world, communication you value your freedom, your property and tled to the ground in a dirty white tank top takes many forms and can get you in trouble the lives of loved ones, it would be beneficial on “Cops” while running with a stolen Glock, there too. These communications can be to know what they know. baggies of cocaine and $2000 dollars in his overt or covert. Consider the practices of a successful drug underwear. This is the “grey man” who lives in If your wife or girlfriend has ever asked you dealer in your hometown. He may firewall the suburbs and stays off the radar. You and

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There are many reasons why you would need to communicate privately.

A B C/K D E F G H I J L M N O P FIRST Q R S T U V W X Y Z SECOND TAP CODE EXAMPLE: “O” WOULD BE THREE TAPS FOR THREE ROWS DOWN, AND THEN FOUR TAPS FOR FOUR LETTERS OVER.

I may not be interested in dealing dope, but would we be benefitted by some of his skills and practical experience? More than a few years ago, it was necessary for me to meet with members of an Iranian terrorist organization in Iraq on an ongoing basis in order to carry out my duties. The first time we met, snipers observed the meeting with instructions to shoot anyone who im- peded my exit route if an altercation broke out or if I took either of my gloves off. What could you signal to someone you care about with a piece of your wardrobe? Consider the case of American prisoners of war held in the Hanoi Hilton and elsewhere during the Vietnam War. When they were tor- tured to sign confessions on film, some sig- naled messages using Morse code in their eye blinking. Some spoke or wrote odd or mean- ingless language to signal they were under duress. Others insinuated messages that those prison cell, you could tap twice to signal the your neighbor. Whose information would you who knew them well could decipher. If you second row down, then tap three times to sig- steal; the easier information to make use of or knew today that you would be in unfriendly nal the third letter over (H) to spell out a mes- the tougher one? hands tomorrow, what sorts of signals would sage to the prisoner next door. Numbers can Brevity codes and pro-words come in handy you work out with the people you care about? be paired to letters in a mutually agreed word. for many people. “Can you get me a Coke, Another valuable skill developed by these A team I worked with a long time ago used please?” may be the code from a protectee to veterans is “tap code”. Take the alphabet and the word scuba diver to encode the numbers the agent-in-charge of a personal security de- lay it out on a square graph similar to a phone 0-9. This is simple coding that professionals tail to get him out of a meeting where some- number pad. The top row consists of: A, B, C can break relatively quickly, but it serves a thing looks wrong. The AIC, may reply “Sir, you (and K), D, and E. The bottom row (the fifth purpose and can make your account number have a call from the ambassador” indicating a row down) holds: V, W, X, Y, Z. If you were in a (etc.) one layer more protected than that of telephone. The pair step out, apparently for an

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The military has long used silent communication skills to convey important messages. Anyone can create their own hand signals to put to good use, but you must remember what they are, and the recipients must do the same.

important phone call, but in reality the diplo- same two fingers held horizontally is seven. mat is speeding away from the meeting be- There are many reasons why you may need fore the situation deteriorates or an unwanted to communicate privately. American citizens action is initiated. What would be a good du- don’t owe an explanation to anyone for com- ress code for someone you care about? municating discretely, but it should be obvi- Hand signals is another critical tool for ous that there are many legitimate reasons privately communicating information in to make use of covert communications. Sen- dangerous situations. When noise could get sitive information communicated electroni- you in trouble, your hands can do the talking. cally may be used against you in a number of Skilled infantrymen and tactical teams have ways and by a wide range of parties. Hopes volumes of memorized standard signals that to comprehensively delete that information permit silent communication of critical and are generally not realized. Pro-words can even esoteric information. You may prefer communicate a lot of danger-avoiding infor- to keep it simple. If you have a weapon in mation between loved ones. If an intruder is hand, all signaling should be done with the in your home, hand signals may be the most non-firing hand. Holding a hand up vertically appropriate way to coordinate your actions with the fingers tight may mean stop. Hold- with family members. There are many mod- ing a fist up may mean freeze (even a foot in els you can look to for useful skills. Like so the air stays in the air). Pointing in a direc- many other disciplines, these skills will only tion may be an instruction to go there. Point- be available to you when they are needed if ing to your eyes, then pointing in a direction they have been built before they are needed. may mean to just look there. Pointing with In the case of covert communications, you a weapon or “finger gun” may indicate dan- must know how to do it, you must remem- ger or dangerous people and the direction ber how to do it, and the people you wish to where they are. communicate with must do the same. Give it Signaling numbers one-handed is com- a try with your family. 3 monly done by pilots observing radio silence while flying in tight formation. One through BIO five are standard and indicated on a vertical Chris Graham is the former commander of “Chris Graham writes the way he flies: low, fast and hand. Five through ten are indicated by the a military anti-terrorism unit and serves as hair raising. He’s one of the best brightest and bravest Marines I’ve ever known. Now he’s proven himself to same hand held horizontally with the cor- editor of Tactics and Preparedness. Visit be a sharp-edged master of suspense. All who savor a rect number of fingers displayed. Holding up his books and training products at www. thrilling ride will get one in Election: Dezinformatsiya two fingers like a victory sign is two. Those ChrisGrahamAuthor.com. and the Great Game.” - Oliver North

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need for “X” number of people?” BY JIM LeBLANC ne of the best references and cal- low. You do not need to be a member of the and the food inside will often be good for culators I have seen came from church to buy food from them. They typically three to five years beyond the stated date. Al- Othe Church of the Latter-Day Saints sell beans, rice, wheat, sugar or salt by the can though it may lose some taste, as long as the (LDS, aka Mormons). Part of their practice is and their prices are usually better than you cans are not bulged (a possible sign of botu- that everyone shall have a year’s supply of can find on the web. lism), they should be good. Dried beans and food. The following website is similar and can rice are also an excellent choice. be a good guide too: https://providentliving. OFF THE SHELF Many companies sell Meals Ready to Eat com/preparedness/food-storage/foodcalc/ . I The first method of food storage—and the (MRE) in individual packs or by the case. Some have a family member who has a gluten in- easiest—is to buy canned goods and dried of the MREs are made by military contractors, tolerance, so I have to modify my stores ac- goods. Whenever you visit Sam’s Club, Cost- others by commercial food companies. Moun- cordingly. You may want to stock certain food co or Walmart, buy one or two extra flats of tain House, Ready Resources, Augason Farms items not on the list (such as seasonings). canned goods such as beans, chili or soup. and Wise Foods also offer various dehydrated There are LDS home storage centers across Check the expiration dates carefully and buy food products and packs. Typically, you can the U.S. where you can buy canned goods the goods with the furthest expiration date. buy individual cans of the #10 size or cases of and dried goods such as those mentioned be- These dates are “recommended use by” dates #10 cans or pouches. Meats, vegetables, fruits,

Everything from famine to disasters and wars have left people without food. FOOD The old saying, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound STORAGE of cure,” is certainly true. Pressure and Hot Water Canning WIKIPEDIA - GANDYDANCER

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There are many options for long-term food storage. clockwise from top left: Dehydrated and freeze dried foods. Store bought canned foods. Meal in a jar (double cheeseburger). Chicken prepared in pressure cooker.

grains and milk products such as milk and ago and tomatoes from eight years ago sealed ma lids to seal the five-gallon pail and a heat cheese are also available. Some of the prod- in this manner and both are still good. sealer. A small rubber mallet is also useful to ucts like the #10 cans are nitrogen purged, Incidentally, vacuum sealing fresh meats seat the lids. Typically, you would add two or some are freeze dried (which is usually more such as sausage, chicken and pork will allow three oxygen absorbers inside the Mylar bag, expensive) and some are dehydrated. You can them to last longer in the freezer without get- fill to halfway, add two or three more oxygen freeze dry food yourself, but this involves a ting freezer burn. Dehydrating foods prepares absorbers and then fill to about three inches relatively expensive unit ($3,000 on the low them, so you can store the foods for a long below the top of the bag, adding two or three end) and requires frequent oil changes in the time, as indicated by the apples above. A food more oxygen absorbers. There are two ways vacuum pump. dehydrator is basically a low temperature to seal the Mylar bags. Some bags have an oven with a fan blowing continuously. The open end, meaning there is no other seal such DO IT YOURSELF one I use has nine trays. Meats, vegetables and as a Ziplock seal. In this case, you would sim- Food may also be stored and preserved us- fruits can all be dehydrated. You would then ply fold the edge over and proceed to seal the ing a vacuum sealer or five-gallon pails with slice the food and place it on the dehydra- entire edge until the bag is sealed. Make sure Mylar bags and oxygen absorbers (packets of tor trays and push the trays in. All dehydra- you have room to push the bag completely in iron powder which oxidizes to iron oxide, us- tor units come with instruction books that the five-gallon pail with the Gamma lid on. I ing up oxygen to extend shelf life). Vacuum indicate what temperature and for how long prefer to use the Ziplock Mylar bags and heat sealers (FoodSaver brand is one of the most you need to run the unit. Some foods, such as seal beyond the Ziplock. This provides two popular and the one I use) can preserve food apples, can be done in as little as 6-8 hours. seals and allows you to reclose the bag after in several ways. Others, such as pears, take about 10 hours. it has been opened. Without a Ziplock, a bag One, you can create a bag (sealed at one Apricots can take 20 hours. In the apple ex- opened may be hard to close before placing end and waiting to be filled and sealed at the ample above, I usually sprinkle some cinna- back in the pail. Once the bag is sealed, place other end). I have sealed one-pound bags of mon and sugar on the apples for flavor. Once in the pail and tap the Gamma lid on with beans and rice and they are still intact three done, they are put into jars and vacuumed the mallet, then spin the top of the Gamma years later. sealed. To use, you can either eat the food as is lid on and label the contents with what is Two, you can use jar sealers in conjunction or heat some water to just under boiling and in the pail and a date. Food stored like this with the vacuum sealer to seal pint, quart and place the food in the water for a few minutes. can last 20 years or longer. The bag keeps the two-quart jars. The jar sealers attach over the Storing food in a five-gallon pail is relative- contents fresh (no oxygen) and the Gamma jars and create an internal vacuum. I have jars ly easy. Several items are needed: five-gallon lid prevents insects and rodents from getting of dehydrated apples done from seven years pails, Mylar bags, oxygen absorbers and Gam- into the pails. Foods such as rice (white only,

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PIXABAY - JAYMETHUNT no brown rice), beans, wheat, sugar, salt, pasta and dried corn are typical. Another technique is meals in a jar. This method uses quart Mason jars and dehydrated or freeze-dried food from a company named Honeyville (https://honeyville.com/ ). They have a great selection of freeze dried and dehydrated foods. You can also use your own dehydrated food (https://selfreliantschool. com/introduction-meals-in-jars-chili-jar/ ). In preparing a meal in a jar, you would first decide on what freeze dried/dehydrated foods you want to use, e.g., ham, ground meat, on- ions, chicken, etc. Then you would do an ini- tial layer of say, macaroni, followed by beans and your meat of choice, followed by some cheese. There are numerous books and vid- eos on how to do this. In addition to long A vacuum-sealer is a great option for portioning and storing many foods, like rice. term storage, this method can be used for preparing meals ahead of time or for family plate that can separate the second layer. The salsa or fruit is introduced to the jar. After members or friends who need help. You are weight on the top of the canner is left off and removing the warm jars and filling them, air basically layering the foods. You would top it the canner is brought up to the point where is removed from the jars as above. Lids are off with an oxygen absorber (or you can use steam is venting. Let it vent for about 10 min- heated in water, as above, placed on the jar a vacuum sealer lid attachment) and seal the utes. At this point, put the weight on, indexed tops (after carefully cleaning the rim), rings top with a lid and ring. The oxygen absorber to the 10-lb detent. Let the temperature and are screwed on and the jars are lowered into will create a vacuum and the jar can be stored pressure build up to 11 pounds (a close value the water onto a rack. Warm water is then for a long time, sometimes five to seven years. to the 10 pounds with some slight margin to filled to about two-three inches above the To reconstitute, just pour the contents into account to gauge accuracy) and at this point, jars, at which point cover the pot and then hot water and let sit for a while and stir. start your timer. I use 75 minutes for the pint bring to a boil. After you have reached the The next two methods require more jars and 90 minutes for the quart jars. Watch proper time, remove the jars from the boiling equipment. Many people are afraid of your pressure carefully and reduce your heat water using the forceps tool and place on a pressure canners, but if used correctly, they if you start getting above the 11 pound tar- level surface to cool. You will hear a pop as are very safe. The first method is pressure get. I use a Camp Chef outdoor two-burner indicated above and can test the lid after an canning, the second is hot water canning. unit fueled by a 20-lb propane bottle. Once hour for give. Store in a cool dark place after For the pressure canning, you can do almost I have reached my specified time, I turn the labeling. any foods you can think of (except acidic heat off and wait until the pressure drops to There is a wide range of contingencies foods) and their shelf life can run from 12-18 zero. Then, remove the weight and undo the that you may face in your lifetime. Every- months. What follows is my technique; there clamps on the side. Carefully remove the jars thing from famine to disasters and wars have are many books on the subject, but I will use with a forceps type tool (the jars will be hot) left people without food. The old saying, chicken for my example. and place on a level surface to cool. You may “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound I use fresh boneless, skinless breasts that I hear a pop during the cooling process–this of cure,” is certainly true. Once you decide cut to bite size pieces. I have previously pre- usually indicates a good seal. After an hour how “prepared” you want to be, you can try pared about 18 Mason pint jars, along with you should be able to push the center of whichever food storage techniques described their lids. I use an All American 25-quart pres- the lid down and find no “give”. This also in- above that best support your needs. 3 sure cooker which can hold 19 pint jars or dicates a good seal. If the lid can be pushed seven quart jars. The chicken is cut up and down, you should redo that jar. After 12 hours placed into the jars and water is added to just of sitting, store in a cool dark place. Label the BIO about an inch below the top. A small bit of top and you can remove the ring–the seal will Jim LeBlanc is the owner of Contingency salt is added and a plastic spatula type tool still hold. Planning Consultants, L.L.C. and is the Vice is pushed in to remove air. Then, lids, previ- President of the New Orleans Chapter of ously heated in warm water are placed over HOT WATER CANNING the InfraGard Louisiana Members Alliance. the jars (be careful not to get any foreign Hot water canning is similar, but uses no He previously served as the chief financial material on the rubber seals of the lids. Also, pressure. The jars are prepared by being im- officer for a major chemical company for be careful that you don’t get two lids stuck mersed in a hot water bath (usually, the pot 23 years, and as a reserve deputy for his together). The jars are then placed into the you will use to process the food with) which local sheriff’s office. He is author ofReal pressure canner, in which you have put about brings their temperature up, so they will not Risk Management (Center for Security two-three inches of water. There is a round crack when the prepared hot food, such as Policy, 2016).

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TIRE SELECTION FOR YOUR MISSION How are you dealing with lower temperatures and wet, snowy or even icy roads this winter? BY BRUCE REICHEL

any people simply limit their driv- R signifies this is a Radial tire as opposed to The next thing you want to look at is the ing in bad weather, but is that an a B a Bias ply tire. The next number here, 17, information about the tire’s type of construc- Moption in your profession? What if identifies the diameter of the rim in inches tion and the application of the tire. It is listed you must travel in an emergency? Tire mak- that this tire fits. The number 94 is a code for down close to the bead and will say “TUBE ers offer real solutions to many of our driving this tire’s load bearing (more about this later). TYPE” or “TUBELESS”. Most of the tires used woes. There are some important things that The final letter is a speed rating. This isn’t im- on the roads today are tubeless. Along with you should know before you select your tires. portant for most situations when you don’t the type of construction information may be If you look at the lettering on the sidewall intend to drive above posted speed limits on a code for application. If there is no code here of your tire you will see the brand name as the the highways for long periods of time, but it the tire is intended primarily as a summer use dominant lettering, but then there is a code as is important on those occasions and to the tire. If the letters M+S are shown it qualifies well. It will look similar to this: P215/60R17 owners of high-performance vehicles. The as a mud and snow capable tire and would 94H. The Letter P tells you that it’s for a pas- tires for high performance cars are designed be considered an all-season tire. If there is a senger vehicle. LT is assigned to light truck to be able to provide the traction for high symbol of a three peaked mountain with a tires. The number 215 is the maximum cross horsepower cars to give them more traction, snowflake inside it’s a winter driving tire. section width in millimeters. The number 60 dissipate heat better and withstand higher The next block of information to look for is the aspect ratio (this is the percentage that speeds. The tires in these classifications range appears as a thin band with the words “Tread- the sidewall height is of the tire width). The between L (75 mph) and Y (186 mph). wear”, “Traction” and “Temperature”. The

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P215/65R15 89H P = vehicle type (P for passenger) 5 89H 215 = tread face width in mm 5R1 M 6 300 TREA 65 = ratio of height to cross section 5/ IRE D 4 A LT PL 1 A IE N width (aspect ratio) 2 K S P T 2X U R = radial ply construction O X D X X F 15 = diameter of wheel in inches S X S A 89 = load index E C O E L C E R H = speed rating B D

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N conditions you’re going to be driving in to choose the best tires. number after Treadwear is a numerical value followed by weights in kilograms and pounds until the end of March. The hydrophilic rub- as to how long this tire should last when listing the maximum weight each tire can ber compounds used make the tire pliable in compared to other tires made by the same support including the vehicle. Lastly there is the presence of water. The deep open tread manufacturer. It is unfortunate that these the maximum tire inflation pressure listed in combined with the thousands of sipes (tiny numbers are not standardized throughout kilos and pounds. slits in the tread blocks), which pull the water the industry. Each manufacturer rates their In choosing which tires are best for your from under the tread and whose edges grip tires as compared to their other tires. A tire needs you should consider what conditions the ice, make a huge improvement over the with a low number will not last as long as one you’re going to be driving in. For someone M+S rated tires. I know I will be able to get with a higher number. living in the deep south where snow and ice where I need to go. I recommend that people Traction is an A, B or C rating of its wet are uncommon, summer tires are going to be living to the north of me should seriously weather performance. It’s a value assigned your best choice to use year-round. On the consider this option. about how well it sheds water and resists other hand, in the northern U.S., winter time Beware that your stopping distance in hydroplaning. It should be understood that driving can become quite risky if you don’t icy conditions with winter tires will be im- every tire’s wet weather performance de- have the proper type tires. In the areas in be- proved significantly, and you must be aware creases over time as the tread wears down. tween, depending upon weather patterns and of others not as well equipped following you Temperature is given A, B or C ratings altitude you might asses your resources, and closely. Whichever tires that you chose to based on how well the tires can dissipate the expense, to decide whether you want to put on your daily driver you should monitor heat. Tires under heavy loads, high speeds or purchase a set of winter driving tires or not. tire pressures as the weather gets colder. As low on pressure can build up too much heat I live just south of Indy. Sometimes the temperatures go down so does tire pressure. and it can lead to a variety of failures. All tires snowstorms and winds can keep the snow Since it happens gradually most people don’t sold today are safe to use on our highways as around for weeks. I have elected to purchase notice it. As the pressure decreases the tire long as they are operated at recommended a set of winter tires. I change them with a flexes more and its response is not as precise. air pressures and driven responsibly. floor jack, air gun and jack stands in less than If they start to feel squirmy it’s past time to On another part of the sidewall is another half an hour. You can also take them to a lo- air up. You can end up being the guy in the patch of small letters that tell the maximum cal garage and have someone mount them on center median the first time it snows. I rec- load bearing of the tire. It reads “Max Load” your car for you. I use them from December ommend raising the tire pressures above the

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ones recommended. It decreases resistance and improves mileage. Those of you looking for tires for your Corvette or Porsche can learn a lot about the tires from the data on tires. Most of the high- performance tires have high cross section widths and low aspect ratios mounted on large diameter wheels. The treadwear numbers will be low and the traction rating may be low as well. The objective of high-performance tires is to put a large tire footprint on the pavement and keep it there. Reducing the weight of the wheel and tire makes it easier for the suspension to control its movement and improves your road holding. Some of you might want to use your car to attend and participate in track events. The easiest way to adjust and improve the han- dling of your car is to make tire pressure changes between runs. You can improve your E.T.s (era adjusted times) at the drag strip and lower your lap times at a road course. You may decide you want to invest in some high- performance wheels and tires for use at the PIXABAY - CTVGS tracks only. When we start talking about tires for SUVs and trucks there is a wide range of options. Tire makers make specialty tires for almost every kind of condition. If you plan on lim- iting your driving to only existing roadways then selecting summer or M+S tires are still Your vehicle will be much more able to drive you out of an emergency your best choices. However, if you want to or responsive for avoiding them, if you set it up optimally for your do a little “four wheeling”, consider this. The climate, terrain and needs before challenges arise. off-road ability of M+S tires can be enhanced considerably by lowering their tire pressure by about 1/3. It increases the size of the foot- tical way to increase the ground clearance of it is really much more about finesse and tech- print and makes the tire more compliant. I commercially available vehicles since it raises nique. Many times, I have just driven “stuck” have done this many times and it works well the frame and drive train farther above the vehicles out of situations buy using intelli- in mud, sand, and on rocks. Unless your ve- ground. gent approaches to problem solving rather hicle is equipped with a built-in tire inflation There are many brands of off-road tires on than the gas pedal. system, don’t plan on driving fast or far after the market. If you buy them as a fashion state- Tools are only as good as the operator, but lowering your tire pressure until you have re- ment, get the ones that best reflect your taste. it is always best to bring the right tools for inflated them to their proper pressure for use If you choose to buy some to use off roading, the job. Your vehicle will be much more able on the roads. There are quite a few hand held, I would recommend that you purchase a set to drive you out of an emergency or respon- battery powered tire inflators on the market for just that use. Their use on paved roads has sive for avoiding them, if you set it up opti- today for less than fifty dollars. drawbacks. They are noisy and don’t perform mally for your climate, terrain and needs be- If you like driving in the back country as well on pavement as summer or M+S tires. fore challenges arise. Drive deliberately and where there are no roads, you might consider Stopping distance is increased and steering be safe in all your adventures. 3 some real off-road tires. Off road tires have response is not as good. Larger diameter tires aggressive open deep tread designs to get a also change the gearing of your vehicle and BIO hold of things. They also benefit from hav- put more stress on stock components. I rec- Bruce Reichel began training counter ter- ing very high aspect ratios and are used at ommend that if you go that route, you get all rorist driving in 1976 at BSR. He served lower air pressures to make them extremely that goes with it. there for 28 years and was their senior compliant when driving over obstacles and Having taught off road driving for many driving instructor. He is the author of uneven terrain. Serious off roaders often “lift” years it is my opinion that most off roaders the novel: Mona (Dorrance Publishing) their trucks or SUVs to provide clearance for tend to be much too aggressive in the way and currently instructs with RKI Group the large diameter tires. This is the most prac- that they approach it. Over time I learned that (www.rkigroup.net).

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A WOMAN BEATEN IN PUBLIC IN A SEXUAL ASSAULT METRO STATION. AND THE REVOLUTION The toppling of dictators in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, currently underway in Syria and beginning to stir in Jordan, was euphemistically called “the Arab Spring.” BY DEAN T. OLSON hough unlikely, many hoped that the was conducting interviews in Tahrir Square Some observers believe the Muslim Broth- uprisings that began in 2011 would when she became separated from her crew erhood’s climb to power is responsible for Tlead to democratic reforms across the and was sexually and physically assaulted by the increase in sexual assaults. Fundamen- Middle East and North Africa. Instead, the pow- a mob. Her ordeal ended only after a smaller talists who consider women property were er vacuum that resulted was filled by Islamic group of Egyptian women and soldiers res- unleashed. Islamist practices include female supremacists of the Muslim Brotherhood cult cued her.2 genital mutilation, in which women are cir- and complementary groups. The Salafist un- Groups that track such trends in Egypt cumcised by slitting the clitoris or sometimes dercurrent in Islam is a fundamentalist Sunni claim that sexual harassment, ranging from skinning it, and in extreme cases, completely school of thought that looks to the early lead- verbal taunts and groping to kidnapping, en- excising it. This barbaric practice is believed ers of the Muslim faith for inspiration. They be- slavement, rape and human trafficking, is now to have been inspired by the sayings of Mo- lieve that the example set by Mohammed and at an all-time high. Sexual harassment spiked hammed that if women enjoy sex, they will his companions is how society should oper- following the ouster of the country’s former become whores.5 The impulse to dominate ate.1 Driven by a seventh century culture and secular dictator Hosni Mubarak in 2011. While and control women is central to the funda- mindset, Salafist actions are often brutal. kidnapping, rape and forced conversion of mentalist view of the Islamic faith. It includes A case in point is the dramatic increase Coptic Christian girls to Islam occurred prior morals offenses called khalwat6 that occur if in sexual assault of women during the Arab to the Arab Spring, since the revolution cases unrelated males and females are alone in close Spring. A high-profile example was the rape of have increased while recovery of women and proximity. These offenses can lead to public American TV reporter Lara Logan. On Feb. 11, girls has decreased.3 The disappearance of at caning and honor killings of the female in 2011, Logan was in Cairo covering the city’s least 550 Coptic Christian girls in Egypt alone some Islamic countries. celebration of the regime change in Egypt. She has been documented in the last five years.4 Some Salafist teachings include: a woman’s

NOVEMBER 2018 TACTICS & PREPAREDNESS www.tacticsandpreparedness.com 17 SEXUAL ASSAULT AND THE REVOLUTION CELL PHONE FOOTAGE OF THE MOB ATTACK ON “The uncovered REPORTER LARA LOGAN. meat is the problem. If she was in her room, in her home, in her hijab, no problem would have occurred.” testimony in court is half as good as a man’s;7 women can’t be trusted;8 women are un- clean;9 menstruation is an “illness and a sign that women are stupid”;10 women are tempt- resses;11 and women are the majority of the inhabitants of Hell.12 Unfortunately, the problem unleashed is broader than the “Arab Spring” and is not lim- ited to Muslim nations. Many Muslim religious leaders in the West are Salafist. Public state- a lot of help afterwards, ments by prominent imams have placed the and she had probably LEFT AND ABOVE: TWO WOMEN ATTACKED IN blame for rape on the victims. This has led to (had sexual intercourse) GERMANY DURING NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATIONS. an epidemic of rapes of non-Muslim women before, anyway. But the in Europe. The phenomenon has become so Arab girl will get problems with her family. volved in the gang rape of another girl in Oslo widespread that some observers refer to it as For her, being raped is a source of shame.” ten days later.19 “rape jihad.” Numerous verses in the Qur’an The widespread devaluation and dehuman- The rape of infidels is not restricted to Scan- appear to authorize this activity as a way to ization of Swedish girls by Muslim men is dinavia. In 2012, a group of six Muslims was emulate the Prophet Mohammad.13 typified by a 21-year-old Muslim immigrant. In convicted of sex trafficking underage teenage Reacting to the conviction of Muslim men Sweden for only two years, he was arrested for girls in Rochdale, near Manchester, UK. The in the vicious gang rape of a 16-year-old Aus- stabbing Swedish girls. He admits that he has a group was convicted of trafficking 47 girls for tralian girl in 2006, the Grand Mufti of Austra- low opinion of Swedish females, or “whores”, sexual exploitation. One gang member was lia, Sheikh Taj el-din Al Hilali, said in a Friday as he calls them. He awaits prosecution, sus- a religious studies teacher at a mosque and a mosque sermon:14 pected of cutting eight girls in several pubs. He married father of five.20 If you take out uncovered meat and place also is charged with raping a girl at a private The arrest of the Rochdale gang was fol- it outside on the street, or in the garden or in party and with sexually harassing another girl lowed by the arrest of another group of Mus- the park, or in the backyard without a cover, in the apartment. Several witnesses state that lim males also involved in a sex trafficking ring and the cats come and eat it ... whose fault the 21-year-old has said that he “hates Swedish of underage infidel girls in the Rochdale area.21 is it, the cats or the uncovered meat? The un- women.”17 In May 2012, British police arrested nine Mus- covered meat is the problem. If she was in her In Oslo, Norway, “immigrants” were involved lim men between 24 and 38 years old on sus- room, in her home, in her hijab, no problem in two out of three rape charges in 2001. The picion of sexual activity with a child. About a would have occurred. numbers in Denmark were the same, higher in dozen more cases involving Asian Muslims in Abduljalil Sajid of the Muslim Council of the city of Copenhagen, with three out of four Northern England are under investigation.22 Britain supported al-Hilali’s remarks, saying rape charges involving Muslim men.18 The problem is so widespread in Britain that a that “loose women, like prostitutes,” encour- One of the best-known Swedish Muslim se- 2012 report by the deputy children’s commis- age immorality in men.15 In a similar vein, an rial rapists was Mehdi Tayeb, who had sex with sioner reported that one-third of all reported Islamic Mufti in Copenhagen, Shahid Mehdi, over 130 women (and two men) in Sweden. child sexual abuse cases are committed by garnered local attention by declaring that Some were intoxicated with alcohol and oth- Muslims from the Pakistan region, even though women who refuse to wear headscarves are ers were drugged. When Swedish police were they constitute only 7% of the population.23 “asking for rape.” The mufti’s attitude towards closing in, Tayeb fled back to Iran. Similarly, In the United States, five Iraqi nationals Western women is not unique.16 According to seven Kurdish Muslim immigrants are suspects were arrested in the brutal rape of a Colorado one Muslim immigrant to Scandanavia, “It is in a gang rape case against a 16-year-old Nor- Springs, Colorado, woman in August, 2012. One not as wrong raping a Swedish girl as raping wegian girl in Oslo in December, 2006. One of of the investigators described it as one of the an Arab girl,” he said, “The Swedish girl gets the men charged is also suspected of being in- “most horrific sexual assaults I’ve seen in my

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career.” Two men were charged with the actual as young as 14 were “sluts” and “Aussie pigs”, jihad-inspired terrorism and widespread rape. crime, while all five were charged as accesso- the rapists said.28 After taking an oath on the In Jammu, Kashmir, India, foreign Islamist mili- ries.24 Similarly, in Austin, Texas, police arrested Quran, a Pakistani Muslim man–known only as tants are kidnapping and gang-raping young two men from Saudi Arabia for raping a wom- MSK–told the court he had committed four at- Hindu girls.30 an.25 The victim said she had asked the men for tacks on girls as young as 13. MSK is already The rape of infidels is an Islamist tactic as help locating her friend’s apartment, according serving a 22-year jail term for leading his three old as the Muslim religion. In Islamic theology, to police. According to the victim, the two men younger brothers in a gang rape of two other Mohammad is known as “uswa hasana, al- took her into the building under the pretense young Sydney girls in 2002. insan al-kamil,” an Arabic phrase loosely trans- that they were taking her to the friend’s apart- There is reason to believe that a significant lated to mean, the “perfect human.” It is used ment. Instead, they took her to the apartment number the Muslims in Europe view them- to identify Mohammad as a model of behavior of one of the suspect’s and raped her. selves as a conquering force and that Euro- to be emulated.31 As members and allies of the A more organized sex trafficking ring in- pean women are simply war booty in accor- Muslim Brotherhood cult rise and some imams volved 29 people associated with Muslim dance with shariah law. Accordingly, Western in the West espouse Salafist interpretations of Somali gangs. According to an indictment un- women are not so much regarded as individu- Islam, both organized and individual rape can sealed in 2011, the ring involved three inter- als, but as women who “belong” to hostile in- be expected to be employed as a weapon for connected, Minneapolis-based gangs, including fidels.29 Australian Muslim moderate leader domination. 3 the Somali Outlaws, the Somali Mafia and the Tanveer Ahmed acknowledged this view: Lady Outlaws.26 Some of the victims, including …in a large number of Muslim households, BIO Muslim girls, were as young as 12 years old. At young men will be taught that white women Dean T. Olson formerly commanded the Crimi- trial, one 12-year-old victim described being are cheap and easy. It is extrapolated to a much nal Investigation Bureau of a Midwest law en- taken to several apartments around suburban bigger scale, for it symbolizes for them a moral forcement agency including participation in the Minneapolis to have sex with other Somali corruption endemic in free societies… regional Joint Terrorism Task Force. He earned several masters degrees including a Master of Arts men.27 In Russia, Indira Dzetskelova, the mother of in Security Studies from the Naval Postgraduate Other organized rapes occurred in Australia one of the child hostages in Beslan, reports that School, Center for Homeland Defense and Secu- where a group of Lebanese Muslim gang rap- “several 15-year-old girls were raped by the rity in Monterey, CA. Olson is a graduate of the ists from southwestern Sydney hunted their ‘Muslim terrorists.’” Her daughter “heard their 193rd Session of the FBI National Academy. His victims on the basis of their ethnicity and terrible cries and screams when those mon- latest book is Tactical Counterterrorism: The Law subjected them to hours of degrading, dehu- sters took them away.” Beslan has in common Enforcement Manual of Terrorism Prevention, manizing torture. The young women and girls with the ongoing massacres in Darfur Islamic Charles C. Thomas Publisher.

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1. Salafist - Salafism - Arabic for “predecessors” or “early generations”, is a generic term, depicting a asp?ARTICLE_ID=52630, October 2006. Sunni Islamic school of thought that takes the pious ancestors (Salaf) of early Islam as exemplary 15. Spencer, Robert, 2006. Muslim Rape? They Were Asking For it. FrontPageMagazine.com, 10/31/2006, models. Salafis view the first three generations of Muslims, who are Muhammad’s companions, and the http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=BF91EC7E-47BC-4926-987A-F9617796AB95. two succeeding generations after them, the Tabi‘in and the Taba‘ at-Tabi‘in, as examples of how Islam 16. Fjordman, Muslim Rape Wave in Sweden, http://www.sullivan-county.com/wcva/fjordman.htm, should be practiced. This principle is derived from the following hadith by Muhammad: The people of December 15, 2005. my generation are the best, then those who follow them, and then who’s who follow the latter (i.e. the 17. Ibid 17. first three generations of Muslims). Bukhari 3:48:819 and 820. 18. Ibid 17. 2. Lara Logan facts. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-04-28-Lara-Logan-sexual- 19. Is Swedish Democracy Collapsing? FaithFreedom.Org, http://www.faithfreedom.org/oped/ assault-Egypt_n.htm. Fjordman50506.htm. 3. Smith, Christopher, 2012. Escalating Violence against Coptic Women and Girls: New Egypt Could be 20. Bunyan, Nigel (8 May 2012). “Rochdale grooming trial: gang convicted for sex trafficking”. The more Dangerous than the Old, Congressional Hearings, Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 210 Cannon House Telegraph (London: Telegraph Media Group). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9239126/ Office Building. Rochdale-grooming-trial-gang-convicted-for-sex-trafficking.html. Retrieved 8 May 2012. 4. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/26/escalating-violence-against-coptic-women-and- 21. Henry, Julie (12 May 2012). “Arrests made in second Rochdale sex grooming scandal”. The Telegraph girls/Washington Times. (London: Telegraph Media Group). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9261748/Arrests- 5. Center for the study of Political Islam, The Islamic Trilogy, Vol. 9, Mohammed, Allah, and the Mind of made-in-second-Rochdale-sex-grooming-scandal.html. Retrieved 12 May 2012. War, The Civilizational Doctrine, CSPI Publishing, 2006. 22. British sex grooming cases spark racial tensions”. Associated Press (Daily Herald). 29 June 2012. 6. Olson, Dean T., 2009. Perfect Enemy: The Law Enforcement Manual of Islamist Terrorism, Charles C. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120628/news/706289541/. Thomas, Publishing Springfield, IL, p. 271. 23. “Revealed: conspiracy of silence on UK sex gangs”. The Times. 5 January 2011. http://www.thetimes. 7. Qur’an (2:282) “And get two witnesses out of your own men, and if there are not two men, then a man co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article2863058.ece. Retrieved July 23, 2012. and two women such as ye choose, for witness...” 24. Suspects in Vicious Sex Assault Vacate Court Appearance, August 27, 2012, http://www.kktv.com/ 8. Bukhari: V3B48N826:”The Prophet said, ‘Isn’t the witness of a woman equal to half of that of a man?’ home/headlines/5-Iraqis-Arrested-In-Connection-With-Sexual-Assault-166162986.html. The women said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘This is because of the deficiency of a woman’s mind.’” Nor can they 25. Woman Raped in West Campus, Two Men Arrested, Lindsey Rattikin, July 2011, http://www.readthehorn. be trusted, from the hadiths (Ishaq, 2002:584) “Tell the men with you who have wives: never trust a com/local/4666/woman_raped_in_west_campus. woman.” and (Bukhari: V4B55N547) “The Prophet said, ‘But for the Israelis, meat would not decay, and 26. 3 Twin Cities Somalis guilty of sex trafficking, ALLIE SHAH, Star Tribune, May 4, 2012, http://www. if it were not for Eve, wives would never betray their husbands.’” startribune.com/local/north/150258965.html?refer=y. 9. Qur’an: 4:43. 27. Somali Sex Trafficking Case Finishes with Split Verdict: 3 Convicted, 6 Acquitted, http://www. 10. Qur’an: 2:222; 4:43; Tabari I:280. huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/05/somali-sex-trafficking-case_n_1483604.html. 11. Bukhari: V1B22N28. 28. Devine, Miranda (13 July 2002). “Racist rapes: Finally the truth comes out”. Sydney Morning Herald. 12. Muslim: B1N142: “The Prophet said: ‘I was shown the Hell Fire and the majority of its dwellers were http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/13/1026185124700.html. Retrieved 2006-07-30. women who are disbelievers or ungrateful.’ When asked what they were ungrateful for, the Prophet 29. Norway: The Rapes Continue, Posted at Fjordman.Com, Friday, March 18, 2005, http://fjordman. answered, ‘All the favors done for them by their husbands.’” blogspot.com/2005/03/norway-rapes-continue.html. 13. Qur’an 4:3,4:24,23:6,33:50 and 70:30; Bukhari, Vol. 5, Book 59, No. 512, Vol. 3, Book 46, No. 717; 30. Olson, Dean, 2009. Perfect Enemy: The Law Enforcement Manual of Islamist Terrorism, Charles C. Ishaq, 2002:464; and Tabari, Vol. 8, page 29-30. Thomas, Publishing, Springfield, IL, p. 201. 14. Imam, 2006. Imam justifies rape of unveiled women; Australian cleric compares victims to 31. Qur’an 68:4 ‘uncovered meat’ that attracts cats, WorldNet Daily News, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.

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Whether you are facing an active shooter, facing the challenges of providing for your family or looking for the courage to speak an unpopular truth, there are times when each of us can use a little inspiration. Sometimes it helps to put your challenges in perspective. Sometimes it’s encouraging to see how selfless human beings can be. This account is based on multiple open source reports.

ODDI FLED INTO THE HOTEL AND SGT. CITY OF DORAL PD LUIS CELIS CHARGED AFTER HIM.

LUIS CELIS n May, 2018 around 1:30 a.m. on a warm Trump? He’s the President of the United Oddi fled into the hotel and Sgt. Luis Celis Florida evening, 42-year-old Jonathan Oddi States. He’s the right guy for the job.” charged after him. Oddi fired at Celis again and Ipulled down the American flag at the Doral Police approached the lobby and Oddi Celis returned fire, eventually apprehending Trump National Doral Resort. He entered the raised his hands in the air as though he were him and taking him into custody with non-lethal building shooting up the lobby with a pistol surrendering. The shooter quickly recovered his wounds before he harmed any guests. as unarmed employees fled. Oddi shouted in- pistol and shot at the police officers. Five offi- The training practices and standard operating sults against President Trump, draped the flag on cers returned fire. Officials inexplicably claimed procedures for use of force in the Doral Police the counter and placed his pistol down next to later that the officers deliberately aimed for the Department may merit closer scrutiny, but the it. Luis David Gonzalez, a friend of Oddi’s, was attacker’s legs despite the fact that his head, courage of Luis Celis is beyond question. Sgt. Ce- later quoted in the Sun-Sentinel newspaper heart and spinal column were fully exposed and lis advanced into gunfire to protect the lives of saying, “He’s a regular guy, I’m surprised he every round he got off had the potential to kill a citizens in South Florida. 3 did that. Why should he have opinions about police officer or hotel guest.

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