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Page 3 - The Hochheim Group Report

Table of Contents Issue 4 Winter 04/05

Death of the Jungle Rat...................page 4

The Wing Choke..............................page 7

No Time to Die................................page 9

The 80/20 Theory of Combat.........page 11

Beyond Survival, Training Officers to

Win.................................................page 13

Amuck............................................page .15

Encounters with a Grandmaster.....page 16

The OODA Loop.............................page 18

Counter the Protected Quick Draw........page 21

El Salvadoran Peacekeepers.........page 22

Scuttlebutt.............................................page 24

The Effect of Wind on Marksmanship....page 29

The Advantages of Patrol Rifle over

Shotgun..................................................page 30

Citizens Self-Defense League........................31

Buffalo Nickels................................................34

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Death of the Jungle

Rat! Legendary BanditMurderer, Kidnapper, Poacher, Thiefand Smuggler VeerappanBy W. Hock Hochheim

A Criminal At Large

Indias most notorious fugitive has over the yearsconsistently foiled efforts to capture him. But his lifeon the run finally ended recently in a hail of bulletsin the jungle he haunted for years. At one point, asmany as 2,000 police officers searched for KooseVeerappan, and his last bloody gunfight marks theend of decades of ruthless crime and removes athorn in the side of the Indian police, bringing to anend a legendary tale of banditry.

The wily brigand, with his magnificent

Kattabomman moustachenamed after ahero of the 1857 revoltspawned tales ofruthlessness crime and became a legend inIndia. Veerappan, whose name translates asbrave was wanted in connection withmore than 100 murders. One of his victimswas a former state minister. He also kid-napped one of the countrys most famousfilm stars, Rajkumar, and held him for 108days. He kidnapped Former Minister H.

Nagappa, whose beheaded body was laterfound in the Chengadi forest near his ances-tral house in Karnataka near the border ofTamil Nadu. The tall, wiry bandit with histrademark handlebar moustache came to beconsidered the countrys most ruthless anddaring outlaw.

Veerappan began his career in crime as anivory poacher and reportedly killed his firstelephant when he was only 14. He raised agang in the late 1960s, and went on, accord-ing to local legend, to kill about 2,000 ele-phants. From elephant poaching, Veerappangraduated to illegal sandalwood smuggling,kidnapping and murder. He stood accused ofsmuggling ivory worth $2.6M and sandal-wood worth $22M.

His domain consisted of a vast area of forest, bor-dering the southern states of Karnataka, TamilNadu, and Kerala, but his felonies reached out intothe major cities through his kidnapping and revengeplots. Police offered a reward of 20 million rupees($410,000) for his capture.

The only time Veerappan ended up behind barswas in 1986. He escaped by killing four policemenand an unarmed forest official in their sleep. It was

difficult to arrest the fugitive because of his excel-lent information network, which enabled him to stayone step ahead of law enforcers. Officials pleadedwith government finance departments for moresophisticated intelligence gathering equipment inorder to beat the fugitive at his tricks.

Indias federal government first became aware ofhim in the mid-80s, when his smuggling and poach-ing gang kidnapped a Tamil Nadu forest officer andaxed him to pieces in 1987. Six months after the


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incident, the Veerappan gang consisting of 40members kidnapped and butchered some membersof a rival gang, signaling the start of his reign overthe entire region. In August 1989, gang memberskidnapped three forest personnel of Begur ForestRange in Tamil Nadu. Their bodies were foundmutilated two weeks later.

In May 1992, Veerappan attacked a police station inRamapura, killed five policemen and fled with arms

and ammunition. In retaliation, two weeks later, thepolice STF-Special Task Force combed the entirearea and shot dead four gang members in NellurVillage.

Perhaps his most brutal strike was when the banditmurdered STF Officers Harikrishna and ShakilAhmed, along with four constables in August. Aninformant enticed them to enter the forest in MalaiMadeshwara (MM) Hills. There, the STF Party, con-sisting of 25 personnel, were attacked with handgrenades and country bombs, while Veerappanpumped bullets into Harikrishna. The event spurredthe then Chief Minister S. Bangarappa to announcethe deployment of paramilitary forces to nabVeerappan.

The following year, theKarnataka and Tamil Nadupolice launched their firstoffensive and were able togun down two more of thegang. Veerappan immediate-ly retaliated by killing a sub-inspector and a constable,prompting both governmentsto accelerate their efforts.

In the early 1990s, Tamil

Nadu and Karnataka formeda combined task force ofnearly 2,000 police officers to comb through theforests. But they failed to pin down the elusive ban-dit. Once, under pressure, Veerappan did make anoffer to surrender. He demanding total amnesty,huge sums of money and permission to stay armed.The demand was rejected, and Veerappanresponded by abducting nine forest officials.

Veerappans supporters liked to project him as a

kind of Robin Hood figure among the locals. Butpolice said villagers kept silent about Veerappansmovements because of the terror tactics his gangmembers used. They killed anyone suspected ofbeing an informer. Nonetheless, one of his associ-ates eventually betrayed him.

The Last Gun Fight

Eventually a tip-off revealed Veerappan hiding place

near the village of Paparapatti in the Dharmapuriregion. Police immediately surrounded the area innumbers. Over the years, Veerappan managed toslip through more than a dozen traps set for him.But this time there was no escape. STF - both theKarnataka and Tamil Nadu units - launched a con-certed operation backed up by intelligence support.The strategy was to inundate the Veerappan-domi-nated areas in the Sathyamangalam (Tamil Nadu)and Kollegal (Karnataka) forests. On Monday night,Veerappan and three of his men SethukuliGovindan, Chandre Gowda and Govindan werespotted coming out of the forest in a jeep. Acting ona tip off, the STF, headed by ADGP Vijay Kumarand Superintendent of Police Senthumari Kannan,rushed in using three vehicles. They spotted the

jeep about eight kilometersfrom Dharmapuri at around10.30 p.m.

The joint STF team atPaparapatti stopped the fourgangsters and a suspectedfifth person. We signaled thevehicle to stop and askedthem to surrender. We want-ed them to show their handsout of the window, to signaltheir surrender. We

announced through a publicaddress system that they

should get out of the jeep through the rear door. Butthey started firing. We retaliated. The vehicle wassurrounded from all sides by our teams, TN STFChief K. Vijayakumar said. The encounter lasted 20minutes. An injured Veerappan died in an ambu-lance afterward. The bodies were brought to theGovernment Hospital in Dharmapuri, police sourcessaid. At 1:30 a.m. the bodies of Veerappan and histhree comrades were taken to the government hos-


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pital in Dharmapuri.

Even in the dead of the night, a crowd gathered atthe hospital to catch a glimpse of the notoriouspoacher. However, the bullet-riddled body of thebrigand made for a gruesome sight. Even his trade-mark moustache was missing. Veerappans mous-tache was caricatured in various publications andfilms over the years, but it seems the smuggler,himself, eventually found it too bushy. Much to the

curious onlookers disappointment, he had trimmedhis facial hair to an ordinary moustache length.We are curious to see Veerappan as well as hismoustache, said one of the onlookers at the gov-ernment hospital. However, it was not to be.

Some of the crowd even requested the policeexhibit the body in public for some time. Officialsestimate as many as 25,000 attended the multi-dayviewing of the corpse. After the postmortem of allthe bodies, Veerappans wife, Muthulakshmi, cameto the hospital to collect Veerappans remains.

The police recovered four grenades, two AK-47rifles one SLR and one pump-action gun from theencounter spot. About the fifth person, Vijayakumarsaid, He could be an informer or a gang member.We will confirm it later. Asked whether the policeteam had specific information on his movement, hesaid, It is quite delicate to reveal the details at thispoint in time. But we were actually ready for himwhen he came out of the forest. It was the result ofexcellent intelligence work. This completely elimi-nates the Veerappan gang. It had already beenreduced to three or four, and we seem to have gotthem all. I will recommend the governments takeup developmental works in these areas now. Thebackwardness here was said to be the reasonVeerappan managed to establish a following and a

base.

Interesting facts:

Veerappan was just 10 years old when he shot hisfirst elephant. He committed his first murder at the age of 17. He is famous for his kattabomman moustache. He married Shepherdess Muthulakshmi in 1991. Later Muthulakshmi ran a tiny grocery shop in

Mettur and certainly did not give the impressionshe was well off. His daughter Vidyarani looks likeany kid from a lower middle class family. His sec-ond daughter Vijayalakshmi was born in 1992. Thethird daughter died at the hands of her father, whenhe strangled her because she was the third daugh-ter in a row. Veerappans only indulgence appears to be an oldtape recorder, a black and white television and afew dirty movie cassettes apart, of course, from his

ugly, ill fitting clothes and a funny moustache. It is estimated that Veerappan killed 120 people,mostly policemen and forestry officials. He is said to have killed about 2,000 elephants,acquired more than 88 thousand lbs. of ivory andsmuggled sandalwood worth Rs.75 crore. Veerappan most famous kidnapping is of Indiastop movie star, Rajkumar. He also kidnappedFormer Regional Minister H. Nagappa. He was Indias most wanted with a reward of Rs40 lakh on his head. The government had been try-ing to capture him for more than 15 years. He had an excellent public relations department,run by attractive tribal girls, and writers/journalists

/television companies were given royal treatment.His PR offices had branches in many countries. Hehad one in London and in New York. Prior to the final confrontation, the STF had oncetrapped him in the jungle and had a marksman aim-ing a gun at his head. Veerappan whipped out hismobile and called up a VVIP. The VVIP got on hisother phone to the police marksman and told him tolower his rifle. Veerappan sauntered away. So muchfor his Houdini tricks. He was let go. Veerappans posh hideout had been falling topieces, but after the ransom he received for actorRajkumar, he flew in an interior decorator from NewYork to give his pad a whole new look. He had a

couple of Husseins hanging on the east wall andhoped Hussein would come down and paint his por-trait someday. He once said, I wish they would look on me dif-ferently. I am a human who loves and gets hungry.They make me out as this gangster. But inHollywood, gangsters make great films. I have seen`The Godfather a hundred times. That is the kind offilm our filmmakers should make about me. *


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The Wing Choke

People often ask me to demonstrate how to take arear armbar hammerlock into a control choke


3) Yank down. You could strike the face. I am

only showing the very basic steps.

1)The handshake set-up

2) Scoop in.

4) Smack the head and neck.

5) Knee the face.

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6) Make the arm switch while controlling the

caught arm. Step around.

7) Control the caught arm as you continue.

8) Here I am pulling his shoulder back. Improvise!

9) Strike the throat as you reach.

Connect your hands, and you have him in both an

arm lock and a choke. *

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"We're not going to die!" yellsStaff Sergeant David Bellaviaas his rattled platoon of soldiers takes cover frommachine-gun fire in the streets of Fallujah. The pla-toon has been ordered to hunt down and kill a

group of insurgents hiding somewhere in a block of12 darkened houses. It is 1:45 a.m., and the sol-diers have been running from firefight to fire fight for48 hours straight with no sleep, fueled only by themodest pickings from their ration packs. As theysearched through nine of the houses on the block,the soldiers turned up nothing. When they trudgedinto the 10th house, though a trap was sprung, theinsurgents had lured them in and then opened fire,forcing Bellavia's men to scramble out of the houseas shards of glass peppered them and bullets rico-

cheted off the gates of the courtyard. Bellavia yelledfor a Bradley armored fighting vehicle to get "uphere now!" The Bradley drew along the gate andpoured 25-mm cannon and M-240 machine-gun fireinto the house, blasting a shower of concrete chipsand luminescent sparks.

Bellavia, a wiry 29-year-old who resembles SeanPenn, is pacing the street, preparing to go back in.Bellavia's bluster on the battlefield contrasts with his

refinement off it. During lulls in the fighting, he coulddiscuss The Renaissance or East European politics."Get on me now," he says, ordering his squad toclose in. There is little movement. He asks who hasmore ammunition. Two soldiers stand up and joinhim in the street. "Here we go, Charlie's Angels,"Bellavia says. "You don't move from my God damnwing. You stay on my right shoulder. You stay onmy left shoulder. Hooah?" The men nod. "I wannago in there and go after 'em."

Reaching the barred window near the front door,


No Time to Die!

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Bellavia tells two soldiers to perch by the housecorner and watch for insurgents trying to leap outthe side window. He looks at Staff Sergeant ScottLawson and says, "You're f---coming. Give suppres-sive fire at 45 degrees." Bellavia and Lawson stepnervously into the house. From the living room,Bellavia rounds the corner into the hallway. Theinsurgents are still alive. Their AK-47s fire. Bellaviafires back, killing them both. "Two f---s down," hesays.

Lawson stays downstairs while Bellavia scours thefirst floor for more insurgents. A string of rapid-firesingle shots ring out. The silence. Then a low,pained moan. The two soldiers waiting in the court-yard call out to Bellavia, "Hey, Sergeant Bell," butget no response. "Sergeant Bell is not answering,"a message is shouted back to the platoon membersacross the street. "We need more guys," The pla-toon's other staff sergeant, Colin Fitts, 26, steps up."Let's go," he says.

Fitts takes a small team over the road. "Terminatorsgoing in," he bellows as he goes inside, using the

unit's name in a code to warn that friendly forcesare entering. Inside, they find Bellavia alive and onthe hunt. Upstairs he scans the bedrooms. An insur-gent jumps out of the cupboard. Bellavia falls downand fires, spraying the man with bullets. At somepoint another insurgent drops out of the ceiling. Yetanother runs to a window and makes for the gar-den. Bellavia hits him in the legs and lower back ashe flees. When it's over, four insurgents are dead;another has escaped badly wounded. To Bellavia,Fitts says, "That's a good job, dude. You're a betterman than me." Bellavia shakes his head. "No, no,no," he mutters.

--an hour's sleep. At 4 a.m. they moved out andtook up positions in another building. Within hoursthey encountered one of their most vicious con-frontations yet, as insurgents riddled the rooftopwith RPGs and sniper fire. The insurgents weren'tintimidated even by the fury of the tanks, daring tostep from behind corners to vainly hit them withRPGs. A soldier's ankle was shattered when anRPG sent concrete flying. Linking up with 1stPlatoon to consolidate its position, the Wolf Packfended off the attack.

On Saturday the final assault got under way as theWolf Pack drove farther south, positioned to swingwest to complete the sweep of the city. AlphaCompany took more casualties, one a key memberthat was particularly bitter, as the battle's end wasso close. As the soldiers evacuated their wounded,military sources said Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawiwas readying to announce the end of combat in therecaptured city.

As the fighting in Fallujah dies down, the Wolf Packand the rest of Task Force 2-2 are due to return totheir usual area of operations in Diyala provincenorth of Baghdad. But with the insurgents showinglittle sign of giving up, the Americans face more bat-tles ahead. The men of 3rd Platoon just shrug theirshoulders at the thought. It's as though they werebred to fight.

Says Fitts, "I don't know how to do anything else.

*

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The 80/20 Theory of

CombatBy Jim McCann

If you're like me, you like to trainin all aspects of the martial arts.I love CQC, knife, stick, boxing, jujitsu, and grap-pling. It goes on and on. All of this is great. But itcauses a big problem. It has become downright

impossible to train for everything all the time.

So what should we do? How should we do it? Ihave trained for more than 20 years, and I havesearched for the answers to these questions. Afterall is said and done, I can honestly say there is noone-way to accomplish this. Through years of trialand error I have come up with a roadmap to helpyou achieve your target.

The first thing you must do is set goals. That's right.

Set goals. You must decide what it is that you wantto accomplish with your training. Are you trying to

a) achieve a black belt,b) advance to the next level in your system,c) become physically fit,d) learn self defense,e) or maybe you are training for a fight like a

boxing or NHB match.

Whatever it is, you must identify it.

Once you have identified your goals, you mustcome up with a game plan. Decide how much time

you have for training and when you want to train.You should also consider whom you would trainwith or will you largely train alone?

Now that you have the basic outline, it's time toimplement the formula with which I have had muchsuccess. It is the 80/20 Rule.

The 80/20 Rule was discovered or observed in1879 by Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist.Simply stated, 80 percent of your results come from


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20 percent of your activity. Or 80 percent of youractivity only produces 20 percent of the results.Apply the Pareto Principle to your training. Since 80percent of the results come from 20 percent of theactivity, we need to spend the majority of our timeon the techniques that produce the greatest results.Subsequently, we need to spend the least amountof our time on the techniques that produce onlyminimal results.

Here is an example. The jab in boxing is the singlemost important punch in the sport. When throwncorrectly, the jab can:

a) put your opponent on the defensive,b) break his rhythm and timing,c) create openings for more powerful

punches,d) measure distance, keep him off balance,e) and block his vision.

It literally can control the entire fight. For instance, Idid some research on a variety of boxing matchesover the past couple of years.

Here are the results:

Jabs thrown in fight - Wright 384 vs. Mosley 281: Wright winner Tarver 249 vs. Jones 172: Tarver winner Forrest 367 vs. Mosley 204: Forrest winner Lewis 328 vs. Tyson 211: Lewis winner Barrera 279 vs. Morales 265: Barrera win-

ner

As you can see, the f ighter who threw the most jabswon each fight. The jab is the 20 percent that pro-duces 80 percent of the results. So it would seemobvious that you would want to practice this tech-nique more often, improve upon it and try variations

on it.

Here is some more interesting data. In all the majorNHB fights, the most common way each fight endsis by either a TKO or a KO. That's from standingand on the ground. Then it's followed by the armbar, rear neck choke, guillotine, triangle choke andheel hooks. So what does this tell us?

Well, what it tells us is that if you are training for anNHB match you should focus primarily on those

techniques that are most likely going to finish thefight, and not on those "Hail Mary" techniques. Thestatistics provided a roadmap for you to follow.

Now that brings us to the next step, being able torecognize what works and what does not work foryou. This is done primarily through modeling andtrial and error. Modeling is observing a particularfighter or martial artist. Watch what he uses duringtraining, in a fight and why. Then take it back to the

gym and work on it. Use drills, combat scenarios,live sparring. You will soon have a good ideathrough trial and error of what works and what doesnot work for your fighting style and athletic ability.

The Pareto Principle has been used successfullytime and time again. It is simply a system to get thegreatest results out of your activity, and when usedit can certainly generate fantastic results.

Don't confuse activity with being productive. This isgood advice to apply to any endeavor, not just fight-ing.

About the author: Jim McCann is: Formally # 1Ranked Executive Submission Fighter U.S.A.

Formally # 1 Ranked Kickboxer; 2004 Grapplers

Quest Gold Medalist; 2002 U.S. Grappling

Championships Gold Medalist; 2002 U.S. Grappling

Championships Bronze Medalist; Holder of multiple

Black Belts


In all the major NHB fights, the

most common way each fight

ends is by either a TKO or a KO.

That's from standing and on the

ground. Then it's followed by the

arm bar, rear neck choke, guillo-

tine, triangle choke and heel

hooks. So what does this tell us?

*

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Beyond Just Survival:Training Officers to WinBy Officer Brian Willis

For many years lawenforcement trainers

have talked about theSurvivalState ofMind, OfficerSurvival andthe SurvivalMindset.

This philoso-phy was onthe leadingedge ofmentalpreparationand condi-

tioning train-ing 20 years ago and hasplayed an important rolein the advancement oflaw enforcement training.The time has come however, to take this philosophy

to the next level in the evolution of training, not justto survive, but to WIN.Winning takes many forms and can range from theuse of effective communication skills to gain the vol-untary compliance of a subject, to the use of lethalforce to win a confrontation by taking the subject'slife to protect the officer or someone else. Trainingofficers to win is about teaching them to be calm,focused, in-control and confident in any situation,based on the totality of the circumstances. It is also

about providing officers with the verbal and non-ver-bal communication skills so their interactions withpeople are clear, conciseand professional.Winning is about control.Officers who control them-selves through a highdegree of competence andconfidence in their skills,tactics and knowledge willmore easily control subjectsand situations. They usetheir professional presenceas well as conflict resolutionand crisis intervention skillseffectively.

Winning is about under-

standing.

Officers with the winningmind understand the reali-ties of action-versus-reac-tion, and time and distance.They understand when todisengage to create dis-tance, time and options andthey understand when topenetrate and take away

time and options from theiropponent. They understand the difference betweenkilling and murder, and that, as law enforcementprofessionals, they may have to take a life to save alife.

Winning is about commitment.

Officers who posses the winning mind commit totrain throughout their careers to enhance their skills,knowledge, fitness and tactics. While others make

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excuses andabdicate theresponsibilityfor training totheir agency ororganization,those with thewinning mind-set accept thatthere has

never been,and never willbe, a law

enforcement agency killed or injured in combat.Cops get killed and injured in the line of duty, notagencies. Therefore they make a personal commit-ment to continually train their mind and body.

Winning is about offense.

In order to win, officers need to be conditioned toact and think offensively rather than defensively.Officers with the winning mindset treat every blockas an offensive technique designed to attack andnegate the assailant's deliver system.

Winning is about being the predator, not the prey.For many people the word 'Predator' conjures upnegative images. As a result, it is difficult for manylaw enforcement officers to understand that the'Predator Mentality' plays an integral role in theWinning Mind. Let us look to the animal kingdom asan example.

When asked to list the positive traits of predatoryanimals, officers list such qualities as:

-- Physical quickness, speed, strengthand power-- Mental calmness, focus, control and

confidence-- Controlled aggression-- Environmental awareness including

the use of concealment, cover and movement-- Understanding one's opponent-- Commitment to the goal/mission

Trainers may have numerous obstacles to over-come in order to instill this attitude in new recruits.Many of these new officers have never been in areal fight, and some have never even played con-tact sports. As a result, they have no idea what it islike to get punched, kicked, tackled or have some-one threaten them or to experience any form ofinterpersonal human aggression. Some weretaught from childhood that fighting is wrong, othersare taught to play fair and still more are told athome and at church that it is wrong to kill. New offi-cers must understand that they will be exposed toelements of society raised in a culture of violencewhere they were taught that you must fight to getwhat you want and protect what is yours. Theymust accept that there are those people on thestreet and in the prisons who are prepared to hurtor kill a cop or corrections officer to accomplish a

goal or make a point. Trainers need to ensure thatthey are conducting dynamic and realistic con-frontation simulation training. *

About the author: Brian Willis has been a law

enforcement officer since 1979 and is currently a

use-of-force trainer. In addition to numerous law

enforcement certifications he holds certificates in

Adult Learning, hypnosis and neuro-linguistic pro-

gramming. He can be contacted at

In order to win, offi-

cers need to be con-

ditioned to act

and think offensively

rather than

defensively.

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Amuck or Amok Amuckor AmokBy Sir Godfrey Insawe

Amok is a type of semi-voluntary insanity, whichis peculiar to the Malays of the Pacific Indian

Archipelago. The curious feature is that thoughthe result of a momentary passion, in theMalay's mind, under certain circumstances, themurderous madness is right. The circumstancemay be any accident or a sorrow, which over-whelms a man with uncontrollable emotion. Hisgrief, then takes the form of violent and indis-criminate anger against the whole human race.

With drawn Kris knife he rushes out to slay orbe slain. His frenzied appearance proclaims hiscondition. "Amok! Amok!" shriek the people, asthey trample over each other to save their ownlives. The alarm spreads far and wide. The handof every Malay springs to the twisted band ofmetal in his sheath, to draw the dagger thathangs there. The police clutch their weapons;the Europeans seize their guns. Every eye, andnerve is strained for the coming peril.

Amok! Amok!" - a wild shriek, a groan, a cryfor mercy, and on rushes the maniac with thebloody kris in his hand, striking right and left,heedless of friend or foe. He is finally pursuedby a number of people armed with spears, dag-gers, knives, guns, and clubs, who grow asmadly excited as the wild creature they chase.Brandishing his ruddy blade, the ghastly Malay,perhaps himself gashed with cuts and riddledwith bullets, dashes along in his fury, markinghis course with his own blood and that of freshvictims.

And so he goes on and on till he falls fromshot, or sinks from exhaustion, to be dispatchedby the ready daggers of his chasers. Or per-haps, cut off and hemmed in, the amok-runner,dripping with blood, stands at bay in somehouse or against the wall, glaring with bloodshoteyes, and, holding out his stained kris, defiesanyone to approach. Then the police bring ahuge short-pronged pitchfork, with which theyare provided in the Straits Settlement, deftlythrusting at him till he is caught by the throat,pinned to the wall, and held there by powerfularms. His kris is wrested from him, and he is

quickly pinioned. If he does not die of hiswounds, he is tried and executed by native laws.The nearest thing in nature to a Malay running

amok is the conduct of an elephant who goes"must." Both do all the violent injury in theirpower without notice or warning. Neither is usu-ally spared when he returns toa calmer frame ofmind, by way of seeing whether his reformationwill endure or whether he will suffer an relapseof AMOK! *

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Encounters With a

Grand MasterBy Michael Belzer

Throughout my martial art career, I have beenblessed with what can only be called "fantastic luck"when it comes to finding, meeting and training withsome of the most accomplished martial artists alive.This started back in 1974, at the age of 18, when Itraveled to Japan for a year and met Sensei DonnF. Draeger. Most people who are interested in thehistory and culture of martial arts know the nameDonn F. Draeger. Not only was he a scholar whowrote more than 20 books on a variety of arts fromJudo to classicalKenjutsu toPentjak-silat andmany more; healso developed acomprehensivesystem of investi-gation known ashoplology,designed as amethod to studyall fighting sys-tems in detail.

Draeger himselfwas a profession-al warrior as aU.S. Marine Majorseeing action inKorea andManchuria. Animposing figure at

6' 2", 240 lbs. -allmuscle, he had "been there, done that" with all ofthe modern Japanese sport disciplines (Judo,Karate-do, Kendo) but he found them lacking interms of what he called combative "reality andapplication."

Draeger took up permanent residence in Japan inthe mid-1950's and became thoroughly occupiedwith the study and practice of Japanese martial artsand related disciplines. His dedication gained him

membership to Japan's oldest cultural organizationfor the study and preservation of classical martialarts and ways, the Nihon Kobudo Shinkokai.Draeger then founded the International ResearchSection (IRS) of the Nihon Kobudo Shinkokai tofacilitate non-Japanese persons gaining access tostudy and conduct research within the Japanesemartial ethos. Pioneer field workers widened thescope of the organization's activities and severalfield expeditions were made into Australia and the

Indonesian Archipelago.By the 1970's, the organization's operations wereexpanded into the Greater Malay Archipelago andthe broader Pacific Basin. Draeger spent consider-able time at the East-West Center and theUniversity of Hawaii Manoa, lecturing, developing

professional contacts between the IHRC and schol-ars in various field, and performing federally fundedresearch.

His personal training was focused on what istermed the koryu or ancient styles of weapon sys-tems used by the samurai fighting man. Along withhis personal martial arts training Draeger wouldtravel for three or four months of the year On Safari

A playful game of wrestling with a member of the Hamunoo tribe, which we visited in

the mountains of the Mindoro Island.

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in remote areas of the world seeking out nativepractitioners of obscure fighting systems, who stillused them for personal survival. Much of hisresearch work concentrated in the IndonesianArchipelago focusing on various pentjak silat stylesof Malaysia, Sumatra and Java.

While I was in Japan I was invited to study at thestick fighting (jojutsu) dojo where Draeger trainedwhen he came into Tokyo from his adopted home-

town of Narita. Over the year I was training at thedojo, I only trained with him personally a few times,but remained in the immediate work-out group, get-ting to know him well enough so that as I waspreparing to leave to go back to the states he askedme if I was interested in learning more about hoplol-ogy. If so, he would stay in touch by letter and fillme in on the details. I told him that I was interest-ed!

The term Hoplology was first captured in this con-text by the famous soldier and explorer Sir RichardBurton in his 1884 book: The Book of the Sword.The word Hoplite comes from ancient Greece andmeans a heavily armed soldier.

Over the next 5 years I maintained a relationshipwith him through letters that culminated in beinginvited to travel with him from Japan into Thailandand then take a 25 hr. train ride from Bangkok downinto Malaysia and the island of Penang. During thesummer of 1979, I spent three amazing weekstraining and traveling with Draeger. We practicedstick fighting as part of an international group ofjojutsu exponents who meet every three years for acentralized training.

I was introduced to a variety of master-instructors ofdifferent styles including Indian silambam (stick

fighting), Chinese shaolin, Malaysian pentjak silatand combative tai chi chuan. Throughout all ofthese meetings, Draeger explained how he usedhoplology to study the fighting systems and putthem into historical context. Many times he toldme;

"If you really want to learn about a fighting art, youmust go to its source. Go to the country of origin,find the native practitioners and ask them to showyou their art."

As I prepared to fly out of Malaysia that last time, Iasked Draeger for advice as to what to do next interms of my own martial art training. His reply wasto find a weapons-based system and focus on that.He told me, "Empty hand systems can only takeyou so far. To understand fighting and combat youmust train using weapons."

As we said goodbye at the airport I shook his hand

and said "This was such an amazing experience,saying "thank you" just doesn't convey what I amtrying to say." Draeger smiled, "No words need tobe said.

Draeger remained in Tokyo until his death in l982.

Editors Note: In the next HGR Mike Belzer recalls

meeting a young man named Dan Inosanto and his

first trip to the Philippines. Mike is the moderator of

the Stick Forum on Hock's Combat talk forum -

www.HocksCQC.com. He lives in California and

tours with his wife Meredith Gold teaching their spe-

cial brand of adrenaline-based training.

Dreager's Publicized Three Axioms of

Hoplology

1. The foundation of human combative behavior is

rooted in our evolution. To gain a realistic under-

standing of human combative behavior, it is neces-

sary to have a basic grasp of its evolutionary

background.

2. The two basic forms of human combative

behavior are predatory and affective. Predatory

combative behavior is that combative/aggressive

behavior rooted in our evolution as a huntingmammal. Affective combative behavior is that

aggressive/combative behavior rooted in our evo-

lution as a group-social animal.

3. The evolution of human combative behavior and

performance is integral with the use of weapons.

That is, behavior and performance is intrinsically

linked to and reflects the use of weapons.

*

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The OODA LoopBriefing of Colonel John Boyd

How and where the famous

OODA Loop began.Introduction: "Boyd's major contribution to military

theory is what he called "the OODA Loop," a.k.a.the Boyd cycle. OODA stands forObserve, Orient,Decide, andAct, and despite its apparent simplicityit turns out to be a fairly complex analysis of military

decision-making before and during battle. It is revo-

lutionary because for the first time it introduced the

concept of time, and it has moral and psychological

dimensions. The crux of it is that the side that pro-

ceeds through the cycle fastest is the winner. If you

can figure out what your enemy's cycle is likely to

be (in other words, if you can figure out what he's

going to do), you have "gotten inside his decision

cycle. Rather than being a book, paper, report or

manual, the OODA Loop exists in its main form as a

185-slide Pentagon-style briefing, and dependingon the level of audience participation and question-

and-answer, it can take a full day or two just to

explain. " Here is an inside look OODA and at those

early briefings, taken from the book, Boyd, The

Fighter Pilot who changed the Art of WarBy

Robert Coram Bill Swanson, DCMilitary.com

The OODA Loop

The briefing begins with what was to becomeBoyd's most famous and least understood legacy: the Observe-Orient-Decide-Act cycle, or O-O-D-A Loop. Today, anyone can hook up to anInternet browser, type "OODA Loop," and find more

than one thousand references. The phrase hasbecome a buzz word in the military and amongbusiness consultants who preach a time-basedstrategy. But few of those who speak so glibly aboutthe OODA Loop have a true understanding of whatit means and what it can do. (Boyd preferred "O-O-D-A Loop" but some gave up and accepted "OODA"because most people wrote it that way.)

For a time, Boyd was reluctant to fully explain theOODA Loop; it was far too dangerous. If someone

truly understands how to create menace and uncer-tainty and mistrust, then how to exploit and magnifythe presence of these disconcerting elements, theLoop can be vicious, a terrible destructive force, vir-tually unstoppable in causing panic and confusionand Boyd's phrase is best "unraveling thecompetition." This is true whether the Loop isapplied in combat, in competitive business prac-tices, in sports, or in personal relationships. Themost amazing aspect of the OODA Loop is that the

losing side rarely understands what happened.

The OODA Loop is often seen as a simple one-dimensional cycle, where one observes what theenemy is doing, becomes oriented to the enemyaction, makes a decision, and then takes an action.This "dumbing down" of a highly complex concept isespecially prevalent in the military, where only theexplicit part of the Loop is understood. The militarybelieves speed is the most important element in thecycle that whoever can go through the cycle thefastest will prevail. It is true that speed is crucial,but not the speed of simply cycling through theLoop. By simplifying the cycle in this way, the mili-tary can make computer models. But computermodels do not take into account the single mostimportant part of the cycle the orientation phase,especially the implicit part of the orientation phase.

Before Boyd came along, others had proposedprimitive version of an OODA Loop. They key thingto understand about Boyd's version is not themechanical cycle itself, but rather the need to exe-cute the cycle in such fashion as to get inside themind and the decision cycle of the adversary. Thismeans the adversary is dealing with outdated orirrelevant information and thus becomes confusedand disoriented and can't function.

Understanding the OODA Loop is difficult. First,even though it is called a "loop," it is not. A drawingof the Loop shows 30 arrows connecting the vari-ous ingredients, which means hundreds of possible"loops" can be derived. The best drawing of theOODA Loop was done for Boyd's briefings. It showsa very large orientation part of the cycle. Becomingoriented to a competitive situation means bringingto bear the cultural traditions, genetic heritage, newinformation, previous experiences, and analysis /synthesis process of the person doing the orienta-

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tion a complex integration that each person doesdifferently. These human differences make the Loopunpredictable. In addition, the orientation phase is anonlinear feedback system, which by its verynature, means this is a pathway into the unknown.The unpredictability is crucial to the success of theOODA Loop.

Only three arrows are on the main axis, and theseare what most see when they look at the Observe >Orient > Decide > Act cycle. But this linear under-standing and its common result - an attempt to usethe Loop mechanically - is not at all what Boyd hadin mind.

Even Boyd's followers do not always agree on whatBoyd meant with the OODA Loop. Note that Boydincludes the "Implicit Guidance & Control" from"Orientation" with both "Observations" and "Action."This is his way of pointing out that when one hasdeveloped the properFingerspitzengefuhlfor achanging situation, the tempo picks up and it seemsone is then able to bypass the explicit "Orientation"and "Decision" part of the Loop, to "Observe" and

"Act" almost simultaneously. The speed must comefrom a deep intuitive understanding of one's rela-tionship to the rapidly changing environment. This iswhat enables a commander seemingly to bypassparts of the Loop. It is this adaptability that givesthe OODA Loop its awesome power. Understandingthe OODA Loop enables a commander to compresstime that is, the time between observing a situa-tion and taking an action. A commander can usethis temporal discrepancy (a form of fast transient)to select the least-expected action rather than what

is predicted to be the most-effective action. Theenemy can also figure out what might be the mosteffective. To take the least-expected action disori-ents the enemy. It causes him to pause, to wonder,to question. This means that as the commandercompresses his own time, he causes time to bestretched out for his opponent. The enemy falls far-ther and farther behind in making relevant deci-sions. It hastens the unraveling process.

The OODA Loop briefing contains 185 slides. Earlyin the briefing the slide "Impressions" gives theframe of reference for what is to come. Here Boydsays that to shape the environment, one must man-ifest four qualities; variety, rapidity, harmony, andinitiative. A commander must have a series ofresponses that can be applied rapidly; he must har-monize his efforts and never be passive. To under-stand the briefing, one must keep these four quali-ties in mind.

After marching through the great batt les of history,Boyd dwells a moment on T.E. Lawrence who talksof how a commander must "arrange the mind" of

the enemy.

Another important slide shows how the blitzkriegor maneuver conflict is the perfect tactical appli-cation of the OODA Loop. Boyd asks: How does acommander harmonize the numerous individualthrusts of a blitzkriegattack and maintain the cohe-sion of his larger effort? The answer is that theblitzkriegis far more than the lightning thrusts thatmost people think of when they hear the term;rather it was all about high operational tempo and

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the rapid exploitation of opportunity. In a blitzkriegsituation, the commander is able to maintain a highoperational tempo and rapidly exploit opportunitybecause he makes sure his subordinates know hisintent, his Schwerpunkt. They are not microman-aged, that is, they are not told to seize and hold acertain hill; instead they are given "mission orders."This means that they understand their commander'soverall intent and they know their job is to do what-ever is necessary to fulfill that intent. The subordi-

nate and the commander share a common outlook.They trust each other, and this trust is the glue thatholds the apparently formless effort together. Trustemphasizes implicit over explicit communications.Trust is the unifying concept. This gives the subor-dinate great freedom of action. Trust is an exampleof a moral force that helps bind groups together inwhat Boyd called an "organic whole."

The mental and moral aspects of maneuver conflictdo not sit well with most military minds, particularlythose who use a managerial approach or those whoprefer the slugfest of attrition warfare. They don'tlike the mental agility, the intellectual innovation, theplacing trust in subordinates. They don't like therapidly changing, free-form tactics of probing forweak spots rather than concentrating more firepow-er on selected targets. Why tiptop through thetulips, the conventional mind asks, when war isblood and guts?

A commander with a true understanding of theOODA Loop and its deadly power would never askthis question.

Boyd showed that maneuver tactics brought victory.To attack the mind of the opponent, to unravel thecommander before a battle even begins, is theessence of fighting smart.

But most modern commanders have serous prob-lems with maneuver tactics and, by extension, theOODA Loop. The experience of General GeorgePatton in World War II is a good example. Pattonwas the American general most feared by theGermans. He out-blitzed those who made theblitzkriegfamous. His tanks rolled across Europeand into Germany and could have punched throughto Berlin in a matter of days. In fact, the Germanhigh command thought the war was over. But

Eisenhower did not understand this kind of conflictand, at the very moment of victory egged on byjealous and conventional British officers he grewafraid of Patton's flanks and supply lines andordered Patton to stop. The Germans were amazedat the respite. One school of thought says thatEisenhower's timidity cost another six months ofwar and a million additional lives.

A crucial part of the OODA Loop or "BoydCycle," as it has come to be known is that once

the process begins, it must not slow. It must contin-ue and it must accelerate. Success is the greatesttrap for the novice who properly implements theOODA Loop. He is so amazed at what he has donethat he pauses and looks around and waits for rein-forcements. But this is the time to exploit the confu-sion and press on. Patton knew this intuitively. Heignored his flanks and kept his armored spearpointed at the heart of the enemy.

One of the most important charts n the briefing isutilized when Boyd begins to pull everything togeth-er to show how they key to victory is operating at aquicker tempo than the enemy. While the briefing

continues through 185 slides, for all practical pur-poses it ends some 40 slides earlier, when Boydbegins a series of repetitious examples of how touse the OODA Loop in war. This latter part is ofinterest primarily to soldiers and military historians.The theme of this section is consistent: disorient theenemy, then follow with the unexpected lighteningthrust.

The brief followed the ink-blot theory of growth.First a small group of men the Acolytes heardit. Then congressional staffers led by WinslowWheeler, who worked forSenator Nancy Kassebaum,heard it. Dozens of

reporters head it. A numberof junior officers stationed inthe Pentagon heard it.Slowly, day-by-day, week byweek, the numbers grew.And then the groups begantouching and merging toform larger groups. By thecore group, Boyd and theAcolytes, were known farand wide as Reformers." *

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Counter the Protected Quick Draw

You see the draw. He turns to protect his draw. Slap his cover arm aside. You bear hug his body in a

very common, reflexive move hoping to catch the weapon and/or the weapon arm as early as possible.

Aim for the elbow, then slip down it down to the gun hand, if possible. Sometimes you will catch both his

arms, sometimes just one.

Charge....

...with the intention of

tripping him over. Keep

the gun-side on the bot-

tom. Take note of the

tripping leg to help the

cause. This is basic

judo.

1 2 3

4

5

Lift it also, if possible. Dive down

hard. This is a real shoulder break-

er. You crash on him. Body slam.

6

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El Salvadoran

Peacekeepers

Cited for

Heroism in IraqBy Associated Press

In Najaf, Iraq one of hisfriends was dead, 12 otherslay wounded and the foursoldiers still left standingwere surrounded and out ofammunition. So Salvadoran

Cpl. Samuel Toloza said a

prayer, whipped out hisswitchblade knife andcharged the Iraqi gunmen.

In one of the only known

instances of hand-to-handcombat in the Iraq conflict,Toloza stabbed severalattackers who were swarm-ing around a comrade. Thestunned assailants backed awaymomentarily, just as a relief col-umn came to their rescue.

``We never considered surrender.I was trained to fight until theend,'' said the 25-year-old Toloza,one of 380 El Salvador soldierswhose heroism is being cited justas criticism is leveled againstother members of the multina-tional force in Iraq.

Secretary of State Colin Powellsaid recently the CentralAmerican unit has ``gained a fan-tastic reputation among the coali-tion'' and expressed hope thatthey will stay beyond their sched-uled departure.

Phil Kosnett, who heads theCoalition Provisional Authority inthis holy Shiite city, says he oweshis life to Salvadorans whorepelled a well-executed insur-gent attack on his three-car con-voy in March. He's nominated sixof them for the U.S. Army'sBronze Star medal.

``You hear this snotty phrase`coalition of the billing' for someof the smaller contingents,'' saysKosnett, referring to the apparenteagerness of some nations tocharge their Iraq operations toWashington. ``The El Sals? Noway. These guys are punchingway above their weight. They'reprobably the bravest and mostprofessional troops I've every

worked with.''

The Salvadorans are eager tostress their role as peacekeepersrather than warriors, perhaps withan eye to public opinion backhome. Masked protesters lastweek seized the cathedral in thecapital of San Salvador, demand-ing that President-elect TonySaca pull the troops out of Iraq.

Saca, who takes office June 1,has said he will leave the unit inIraq until August as planned,despite the early departure of theSpanish troops under which theywere serving. The other threeCentral American contingents from the Dominican Republic,Nicaragua and Honduras havealready returned home or are

scheduled to do so soon.

``We didn't come here to firea single shot. Our rifleswere just part of our equip-ment and uniforms. But wewere prepared to repel anattack,'' says Col. HugoOmar Orellana Calidonio, a27-year army veteran whocommands the CuscatlanBattalion.

The troops, El Salvador's

first peacekeepers abroad,conducted a wide range of

humanitarian missions in

Najaf. They provided books, elec-

tricity, playground equipment and

other supplies to destitute

schools and helped farmers with

irrigation works and fertilizer sup-

plies.

``Our country came out of a simi-

lar situation as in Iraq 12 years

ago, so people in El Salvador

can understand what is happen-ing here,'' said Calidonio, refer-

ring to a civil war between the

U.S.-backed government and left-

ist guerrillas that left some

75,000 dead. The military was

held responsible for widespread

abuses.

``We came here to help and we

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were helping. Our relationship

with the people was excellent.

They were happy with what we

were doing,'' Calidonio says.

Then came April 4, when armed

followers of radical Shiite cleric

Muqtada al-Sadr seized virtual

control of the city and staged

attacks on two camps Bakerand Golf adjacent bases on

the fringes of Najaf occupied by

the Salvadoran and Spanish

units.

When Toloza and 16 other sol-

diers arrived that morning at a

low-walled compound of the Iraqi

Civil Defense Corps, about 1.2

miles from their camp, they found

its 350 occupants had melted

away and themselves trapped by

al-Sadr's al-Mahdi militia.

Lt. Col. Francisco Flores, the bat-

talion's operations officer, said

the surrounded soldiers held their

fire for nearly half an hour, fearful

of inflicting civilian casualties,

even as rocket-propelled

grenades and bullets from

assault rifles and machine guns

wounded 10 of their number.

After several hours of combat,

the besieged unit ran out ofammunition, having come with

only 300 rounds for each of their

M-16 rifles. Pvt. Natividad

Mendez, Toloza's friend for three

years, lay dead, riddled by two

bullets probably fired by a sniper.

Two more were wounded as the

close-quarters fighting intensified.

``I thought, `This is the end.' But

at the same time I asked the Lord

to protect and save me,'' Toloza

recalled.

The wounded were placed on a

truck while Toloza and the three

other soldiers moved on the

ground, trying to make their way

back to the base. They weresoon confronted with al-Sadr's

fighters, about 10 of whom tried

to seize one of the soldiers.

``My immediate reaction was that

I had to defend my friend, and

the only thing I had in my hands

was a knife,'' Toloza said.

As reinforcements arrived to save

Toloza's unit, the two camps

were under attack, with the El

Salvadorans and a small U.S.contingent of soldiers and civilian

security personnel trying to pro-

tect the perimeter and retake an

adjoining seven-story hospital

captured by the insurgents.

The Spanish didn't fight, and only

after a long delay agreed to send

out their armored vehicles to help

evacuate the wounded. Flores

says he cannot question the

Spanish decisions that day, but

with a slightly sardonic smileadds that they ``could have

helped us sooner.''

U.S. troops have now replacedthe Spanish. Salvadoran officers,many of whom were trained atmilitary schools in the UnitedStates, say they're pleased to beworking with the Americans. *


Equipment Flow to Iraqi

Forces

The United States and somecoalition partners are transfer-ring defense equipment to Iraqiforces to aid them in stabilizingthe nation. The data cited belowrepresents tallies of equipmentdelivered in the first week of

August.

Iraqi Army:

275 Nissan four-door pick-uptrucks59 2-ton trucks13,100 uniforms and hats1,600 AK-47 rifles500,000 rounds of AK-47ammunition600 radios

Iraqi National Guard:

174 GAZ 2-ton troop trans

portation trucks11,200 boots510 uniforms5,000 uniform hats8,160 SAPI body armor plates4,320 protective vests7,000 radios

Police Units:

313 Sport Utility Vehicles110 Sedan-style vehicles31 Dodge trucks9,792 AK-47 rifles

10,439 9mm pistols

1.4 million 9mm rounds1,500 sets of body armor7,000 radios

Projected Equipment Totals:

290,000 weapons24,000 vehicles75,000 radios190,000 pieces of body armor(source: Office of Security ran

sition - Iraq)

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911 Tape Shows Courage of

Stabbed Boy

'Can You Please Send the ArmyMen or the Ambulance?'

A Tacoma, Washington dis-patcher says Anthony Sukto wasvery calm as he described howhe and his mother were stabbedrecently. A seriously wounded 8-

year-old boy calmly describedhis father's deadly knife rampageduring a call for help to 911. "Mydaddy killed me with a knife, andI'm gone," the boy told a dis-patcher. "Can you please sendthe Army men or the ambu-lance?"

The soft-spoken child gave awrong address and then hungup. But a second dispatchercalled back, keeping him on theline while a frantic search wasunder way. On Wednesday,authorities released the remark-able tape of Anthony Sukto'scalm courage during the Oct. 22ordeal, and the frantic efforts tofind him.

"What's going on there?"asked dispatcher KristineWoodrow.

"My daddy killed me with abutcher knife," Anthony said.

"How did that happen, if you aretalking to me?" Woodrow asked.

"Because," Anthony said, "Idon't know what happened, butsomething. He grabbed knives. Iwoke up. My dad, he was killingmy mom and then my, my, mydad told me to go onto the otherbed and then he's like, 'You'renext,' and then he killed me. I'm

still alive. I kind of survived."Woodrow said she wasn't sureif what she was hearing was forreal. "He was extremely calm,"she recalled Wednesday. "It was-n't a typical response from some-one who had just witnessed whathe witnessed or had just beenattacked."

Woodrow said while police andfirefighters tried to find whereAnthony was calling from, shetried to keep him on the phone.

"Are you bleeding, Anthony?"she asked. "Uh huh," heanswered.

"Where are you bleedingfrom?" she asked. "From mystomach," he said.

"Are you there by yourself?"Woodrow asked. "No. My momis already dead, and I am theonly survivor," he said.

Authorities found the homeminutes later when the child'sfather, Tony Sukto, 36, flaggeddown a fire truck. Sukto hasbeen charged with the murder ofhis wife, Pranee, 39, and

attempted murder of his son, andhas pleaded innocent.

Anthony underwent surgery forlacerations to his liver and isrecovering. Woodrow said shewants to visit the little boy to tellhim something she didn't get achance to before. "I want to tellhim how amazing he is," shesaid. "I don't think he knowsthat."

Georgia Sheriff Fires

Employees, Deploys Snipers

In Jonesboro, GA on his firstday at work, the new sheriffcalled 27 employees into hisoffice, fired them, and hadsnipers stand guard on the roofas they were escorted out thedoor. The move recently byClayton County Sheriff Victor Hill

provoked an angry reaction fromnewly elected county commis-sion chairman Eldrin Bell. Bell, aformer Atlanta police chief, saidHill's action violated the county'scivil service rules. ``I haveassured the discharged employ-ees that their county will takeevery administrative and legalaction to ensure they are treatedfairly,'' he said.

Hill defended the firings andsaid the new sheriff has the rightto shake up the department inwhatever way he feels neces-sary.

``A lot of people are under theimpression that the sheriff'soffice is under civil service laws,''he said. ``But my researchshows the employees work atthe pleasure of the sheriff.''

Hill said the manner in whichhe fired the workers includingtaking some deputies home invans normally used to transportprisoners because the deputieswere barred from using countycars was necessary.

He cited the assassination ofSheriff Derwin Brown in neigh-boring DeKalb County in 2000.Brown was gunned down in thedriveway of his home three daysbefore he was to be sworn in.Former Sheriff Sidney Dorseywas found guilty of plotting to killhim and sentenced to life inprison.

Scuttlebutt

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``Derwin Brown sent out letters to25 to 30 people letting themknow they would not be reap-pointed when he took office,'' Hillsaid. The sheriff's departmentemploys 345 workers.

Associated Press

Three years later, medical exam-iners are still trying to match the

fragments of human remainsfound at Ground Zero with theDNA of known victims. Just lastmonth, five fragments were iden-tified. So far, 9429 of the 19,915fragments have been matched tovictims. National ReviewOnline

An estimated 3 million illegalimmigrants will stream into theU.S. this year across the Mexicanborder. Officials worry that thevast wave of illegal border cross-ing provides a perfect cover forterrorists seeking to enter the U.S. Time

Nearly 1 million people commitsuicide throughout the worldeach year death toll higherthan that of murder and war com-bined. NewScientist.com

One out of six soldiers returningfrom Iraq is suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome ormajor depression, an Army sur-vey has found. "I'm taking

enough drugs to sedate an ele-phant, and I still wake up dream-ing about it," said former Armysergeant Matt LaBranche, one ofthose now in treatment. "I wish Ihad just died over there." Los

Angeles Times

The U.S. Army is handing out$2,500 each to Fallujah residentswhose property was destroyed by

U.S. planes and artillery. U.S.News and World Report

Art theft is the fourth most prof-itable crime in the world, behinddrug trafficking, money launder-ing, and illegal arms trading,according to Interpol. Only 30percent of stolen paintings worthmore than $1 million are recov-

ered. ABCnews.com

In North Korea, all radios havebeen rigged so listeners canreceive nothing except a govern-ment station that constantly lion-izes dictator Kim Jong II. TheU.S. recently announced plans tosmuggle $2 million worth of tinyradios into the country, so NorthKoreans can get their taste ofwhat their government calls "rot-ten imperialist reactionary cul-ture." Chicago Tribune

Only in America

The family of a New York man issuing Benihana for $10 millionalleging that the man died after aJapanese hibachi chef threw apiece of grilled shrimp at him.Jerry Colaitis injured himselfwhipping his head back to avoidthe shrimp, his lawyer says, anddied after an operation on hisneck six months later. "They setin motion a chain of events," thelawyer says. Benihana deniesresponsibility, adding that Colaitis

was probably trying to catch theshrimp in his mouth, not dodge it.

Some 250,000 Americans withmental illness live in prisons,making the latter the nation's pri-mary supplier of mental healthservices. The New York TimesMagazine

A North Carolinajudge dis-

missed a drunken driving chargeafter a lawyer argued that thesobriety test was "fundamentallyunfair" to his client because shehad been wearing 3 1/2 inchstiletto heels. Lawyer BillThomas argued that even soberthe driver would not have beenable to walk a straight line orstand on one foot for 30 seconds.

"These are not lawyer tricks," hesaid. "Constitututional protectionsthat follow us in our daily livesalso apply to DWI cases." TheWeek

Death sentences in the U.S. havefallen to a 27-year low. In 2003,144 people were sentenced todeath, half the yearly averagebetween 1994 and 2000. Oneactivist called the decline evi-dence of the public's increasing"hesitation on the death penalty."But Dianne Clements of Justicefor All, a victims advocacy group,said there was no specific reasonfor the drop in executions. "Thenumbers change," she said.

The Government has ordered4,000 former soldiers back toactive duty in the last fewmonths, but more than halfrefused to go. About 1,800requested exemptions; 733 sim-ply failed to report for refreshertraining. Spokesmen said themilitary needed them to fill gaps

in Iraq and Afghanistan. Formerpilot Rick Howell, 47, said theArmy should leave him alone. "Idon't even have a uniform any-more," he said. "But they don'thave any more reserves left, sowe're it."

Sad State of Spying Intelligence vets are still musingover Michael Kostiw, whose

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reported shoplifting forced hiswithdrawal this month as theCIA's prospective executivedirector. But what dismays thespooks most isn't the ethics orthe propriety of the case it'sthat Kostiw had served as a caseofficer for 10 years and stillcouldn't manage to shoplift apackage of bacon without getting

caught in a Northern Virginiamarket. Says one old spy: "It's aperfect metaphor for the sorrystate of the CIA."

Violent crime fell 3 percent in2003, to its lowest level onrecord, according to the FBI.There were 475 violent crimesper 100,000 Americans last year,including murder, manslaughter,rape robbery, and assault. Since1994, the rate of these crimeshas fallen 25 percent. AttorneyGeneral John Ashcroft saidlonger prison sentences and thetougher prosecution of crimesinvolving guns had helped thetrend along.

Pitcairn Island Bountydescendants are rapists: Sixmen were convicted this week ofa series of rapes on a tiny Pacificisland populated by descendantsof the perpetrators of the 1789mutiny on the British ship theBounty. Pitcairn's mayor, SteveChristian, a direct descendant of

mutiny leader Fletcher Christian,was among those convicted. Therocky island, still a British colony,has a permanent population ofjust 47, so lawyers and judgeshad to be brought in from NewZealand. Prosecutor SimonMoore said Pitcairn was a brutalsociety in which the men utterlydominated the women and rapedgirls as young as 7. During a

five-year investigation, he said,police talked to every woman andgirl who had lived on Pitcairnwithin the last 20 years. "Weended up with something like 30women who said they had beensexually abused," Moore said.Eight victims testified. TheWeek

Moscow Military hazing kills:Thousands of army conscriptsare injured every year in harshhazing rituals, and dozens die,Human Rights Watch said thisweek. The Russian military tradi-tion known as the "rule of thegrandfathers" subjects first-yearsoldiers to brutal treatment at thehands of their older peers. Thehazing often includes randombeatings, starvation, and evengang rape. In the first half of thisyear alone, 25 Russians werekilled by hazing, and 60 of 109suicides among servicemen wereattributed to the practice. TheCommittee of Soldiers' Mothers,a Russian Advocacy group thathas long accused the military ofcondoning brutal conditions, saidthe report was a welcome inter-national recognition of soldiers'suffering.

Santiago, Chile Military con-fronts its past: The Chilean armyissued a surprise statement lastweek accepting responsibility for

human rights violations duringthe dictatorship of Gen. AugustoPinochet. By the government'stally, 3,190 Chileans were killedfor their politics and thousandsmore tortured or forced into exileunder Pinochet, who led a 1973coup and held power until 1990.Pinochet and subsequent militaryleaders blamed the atrocities onrenegade officers who exceeded

their orders as they policed leftistdissidents. The current armycommander, Gen. Juan EmilioCheyre, said it was time to admitthe military's guilt. PresidentRicardo Lagos called the move"a historic step" that would helpintegrate the army "into today'sdemocratic Chile." The Week

News 11Thailand Killed while in cus-tody: Nearly 80 Muslims suffo-cated to death in police vans thisweek after a riot in southernThailand. The melee began at arally in which thousands wereprotesting the arrest of severalMuslims accused of stealingweapons. The crowd stormedthe police building, throwingrocks and police wadded in withtear gas and water cannons,killing six. Hundreds of protest-ers were then herded into vansand simply locked in. The south-ern region, where the Muslimminority lives, was a Malaysianprovince until Thailand, which ismainly Buddhist, annexed it, in1902. Islamic separation hasbeen simmering in the south fordecades and has surged in thepast few months.

On duty in Iraq

Nearly 40,000 members of theNational Guard are serving inIraq, about six times the number

of guardsman sent to Vietnam. Slate.com

Life expectancy in the U.S. is77.43 years, ranking it only 48thin the world. Among the nationswith higher average life spansare Jordan (78 years), France(79.44), Sweden (80.3), andJapan (81). -- Associated Press


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Netherlands "Hate is spread-ing like wildfire," said theAmsterdam Algemeen Dagblad inan editorial. In the few weekssince Islamic radicals murderedDutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh,the Netherlands has exploded inattack and counterattack, accusa-tion and counteraccusation. Anti-Muslim graffiti is suddenly every-

where, and mosques and evenIslamic schools have been set onfire. In response, a few churcheshave been vandalized, and radi-cal web sites are commandingjihad against the Netherlands.Politicians are calling for newimmigration laws, and the mostparanoid among them now travelwith entourages of bodyguards."The Netherlands is in danger ofbecoming a country of Them andUs." Associated Press

More than 1.5 million peoplewere arrested in the U.S. fordrunken driving last year. Atleast as many people drive underthe influence of drugs such asmarijuana, cocaine, and metham-phetamines, authorities say, butfew states have laws specifyingwhat blood levels of these drugsconstitute impairment. USATODAY

Nigeria

If She Drowns, She Must have

been a Witch

It's the 21st century, andNigerians are still killing witches,said the Lagos Daily Champion inan editorial. Last month Ozalla,a village in Edo state, 27 menand women were murdered forsupposedly practicing witchcraft.This was no vigilante mob action.Instead, the "well-educated andhard-nosed top-ranking people"of the Ozalla elite were "sum-

moned home by the ruler of thetown for the ceremony." And aregional police chief supervisedthe ritual. The village had gonethrough hardships recently, badweather and disease, and thetown collectively identifieddozens of their neighbors as the"diabolical forces" responsible.Those singled out were "hauled

out of their houses, lined up, andmade to drink a concoction pre-pared by a visiting native doctor."The ones who died and mostdid were pronounced guilty.This "entire episode is embar-rassing" to modern Nigerians. Itwas not justice, but mass murder,and state authorities should treatit as such. "We would urge thosewho are still in the habit of witchhunting to wake up to the reali-ties of life and face their prob-lems squarely, rather than blam-ing their inadequacies on theactivities of witches." EditorialDaily Champion

Russia

An Arms Race that No One

Can afford

Is Russia trying to bankruptitself? asked Manfred Quiring inHamburg's Die Welt, Germany.Speaking to his military recently,President Vladimir Putin braggedvaguely about Russia's nucleardeterrent. The country wasdeveloping "new" nuclear mis-

siles, he said, with "unique," zig-zagging capabilities that othercountries couldn't possibly match."What would drive Putin to usesuch Cold War rhetoric?" Themajor security threat facingRussia is terrorism, not nuclear-armed nation states. And any-way, relations with the othermajor nuclear powers, the U.S.and China, "have arguably never

been better." So why start anarms race? It's almost as ifRussia can't stand the economicgood fortune that high oil priceshave brought it and feels someself-destructive need to bleed itseconomy with an expensiveweapons buildup. Many in theKremlin still really do believe thatRussia's strength can only be

measured militarily. That's ahidebound way of thinking.Attempting to maintain "the illu-sion of parity" with the U.S. willonly "leave Russia fartherbehind."

Russia

A Cold War mentality lingers

on Maksim Gilkin

Gezavisimaya Gazeta

The Kremlin has resurrected its

old bogeyman, said Maksim

Glikin in Moscow's Nezavisimaya

Gazeta. Searching for a scape-goat for its economic and political

failures and especially its fail-

ure to prevent terrorism

Kremlin has seized on a tried and

true enemy; the U.S. Ever since

Americans criticized Russia's

handling of the Beslan hostage

tragedy, Kremlin officials have

been complaining that the U.S.

"encourages and covers up for

terrorists who attack Russia."

U.S. and European officials have

met with Chechen diplomats, theKremlin points out. In the words

of Vladislav Surkov, deputy head

of the Kremlin administration, the

Westerners are hoping to "feed a

predator with someone else's

meat." But the need for some-

one to blame isn't the only factor

pushing Russia toward a break

with the West. There's also mili-

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tary inertia. The security services

still haven't adapted to the post-

Soviet world. "Their leaders

know very well how to do one

thing prepare for war with

America," says military analyst

Leonid Gozman. And those lead-

ers are the ones who swept into

top positions when former KGB

official Vladimir Putin became

president. The grim truth is that

"a new round of the Cold War is

becoming inevitable."

Safety, Health Agency

Approves New Gas Mask

The National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health

has for the first time certified a

gas mask that offers protection

from chemical, biological, radio-

logical and nuclear agents. The

full face-piece air-purifying respi-

rator is made by MSA, of

Pittsburgh, PA.

The Millennium CBRN Gas

Mask is composed of a one-piece

polyurethane lens that is bonded

to a rubber face-piece. The

mask incorporates a tube for

hydration and the dual canister

mount "allows for weapon sight-

ing from either shoulder," said

spokesman. Lens fogging, he

mentioned, is "prevented by an

internal nose cup that deflects air

from the lens."

Another feature is a mechanical

speaking diaphragm or an option-

al company produced communi-

cations system. A butyl-coated

nylon hood is used for head pro-

tection.

Troops Can have a Cool Drink

in Chem-Bio Attack

A portable reservoir hydration

system that can be used during

chemical and biological weapon

attacks recently entered the mar-

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military forces, first responders

and law enforcement personnel,

CBR 4.0 has been developed by

CamelBak Products, of

Petaluma, CA.

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withstand exposure to hazardous

toxins including Sarin nerve and

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Establish a Standard

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Gauging Wind Speed

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Advantages of Patrol

Rifle Over Patrol

ShotgunBy Matt Rosenbarger

With the emergence of the patrolrifle into the law enforcementcommunity, this tool is nowessential for not only the safety

of our consumers, but also officersafety. Many urban and ruralpolice departments have author-ized, and their officers now carry,a patrol rifle for one basic reason,the patrol rifle is an across-the-board improvement over theshotgun.

First of many problems with theshotgun is the incredible recoil.In years past, minimum heightand weight requirements for offi-cers were not much of a factor.However, today with officers of

smaller stature and of bothsexes, the shotgun recoil controlis a mighty big problem. Exceptfor the most weapons orientedofficers, the tendency to flinchand pull the gun is irresistible.The result is missed shots at criti-cal times.

Secondly, and closely relatedto the punishing recoil, areexcessively long times betweenfollow-up shots. An estimated 40percent of officer shootingencounters involve multiple

offenders, or an offender withmultiple weapons. With thelongest recoil-recovery time ofany typical police long gun, theshotgun has the slowest multipletarget engagement time. Theresult is a dangerous exposure toreturn fire from the offender(s).

Third, with buckshot loads, theofficer is faced with the age-oldproblem of penetration versus

pattern. The number 00 Buckhas enough penetration out to 50yards, but has man size holes inthe pattern. This translates toeither poor hit probability or inef-fectiveness at extended ranges.A further problem of the spread-ing 9-pellet buckshot pattern is allthose .33 caliber pellets that missthe target to continue downrange.

With slug rounds, the extendedrange effectiveness is better thanbuckshot, however, far less thantypical patrol rifles. The averagetactical scenario at 100 yards is a24" grouping. Further, even withrifle-sighted shotguns, the shot-gun may print the slugs so farfrom the point of aim thatKentucky windage and elevationare required.

In a close-range hostage sce-nario, the shotgun may not beeffective. Headshots at 10 yardsare possible, but not probable,without hostage injury. Even ifthe pellet pattern or slug missesthe hostage, greatdanger of hostageinjury exists from theshotgun wadding.

The shotgun is alsoa tactical liability inthat it will not defeatThreat Level 2A softbody armor withbuckshot and mostslug loads. Add thisto the low shotgun

ammo capacity andthe slow shotgunreload times and theshotgun becomes atactical dead weight.

The purpose of along gun is to extendthe range, accuracy,stopping power andpenetration of theduty handgun. In

many police scenarios, regard-less of buckshot or slug loads,the shotgun fails. The patrol riflecan handle scenarios never con-sidered for the shotgun. Theyinclude counter-sniping, long-range defense, improved pene-tration against cover and againstoffenders wearing soft bodyarmor and improved return fire

against assault rifle and subma-chine-gun-armed offenders.Patrol rifles in the .223 caliber

have much less recoil than the12 gauge shotgun, less than one-fifth the felt recoil. This reducesthe tendency to flinch and mostimportantly, gives these rifles thehighest first-shot-hit probability ofany firearm in the hands of offi-cers of any size or either gender.Overall, the patrol rifle is sosuperior to the shotgun in somany scenarios that is deservesserious consideration. (reprintedw/permission from Law andOrder Magazine.) *

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Citizens SelfDefense

Candy Mitchell ofWaterford, CA,started losing sleep after shelearned that her ex-boyfriend wasreleased from jail. He hadserved only two months of a six-month sentence for physicallyabusing her, so it did not seem

like coincidence when, night afternight, she heard strange noisesin her backyard and banging onher bedroom walls. Despiterepeated calls to the police, noprowler was ever found. But thenight Mitchell heard someoneenter her home, she grabbed thegun she kept next to her bedand, when she saw a man head-ing for her daughter's room, firedseveral times. Her ex-boyfriend,John "Bud" Russell, stumbledoutside. When police arrived,they found Russell dead in histruck. Mitchell later said, "Icouldn't imagine any reason he'dbe in my house but to kill me." The Modesto Bee, Modesto, CA

They would go in, shoot theowner, grab some guns and cashand get out. That was the planthat went awry when four menattempted to rob a Muncie, Inc.,pawnshop. Instead, when they

entered the store and attemptedto shoot the owner, he drew hisown gun and fired, hitting DustinFredericksen in the stomach.More shots were fired before thefour men ran out of the store,leaving pawnshop owner AdamKennedy unharmed. The mendrove around for 90 minutesbefore leaving Fredericksen withanother friend who finally took

him to the emergency room.Fredericksen, along with KevinBanach and Justin Corsey, weretaken into custody and chargedinitially with attempted armedrobbery. At press time, the fourthaccomplice was still being soughtby police The Star Press,Muncie, IN

"I feel like I protected my ownlife," said Judy Foster regardingan attempted robbery shestopped at the Haines City, FlMister Money USA store. Foster,

the proprietor, had been througha robbery before, so when twomen came into the store carryingguns, she did not hesitate to pullout her pistol and fire. One manfell to the ground, managed toget up, and the two robbers fledthe store. Thomas Wiley, whowas fatally wounded by Foster'sbullet, was later found dead inthe stolen car. Bernard Geddis,the driver in the incident, wasarrested on charges of second-degree murder and attemptedarmed robbery. At press time,Taurean Brown was being soughtas the suspected second gun-man. Orlando, FL

Early one morning, a SunsetHills, Mo., man heard a knock athis back door. Deciding to err onthe side of caution, he retrievedhis handgun and carefullyopened his door to a strangerwho asked for gasoline. Before

the homeowner could respond,the stranger forced his way intothe house, where a struggleensued. When the intrudershocked the homeowner with anelectric stun gun, the homeownerresponded by firing one shot atthe intruder who ran out of thehouse and made it about 200yds. before falling dead. At presstime, police were trying to identify

the man who appeared to be inhis 20's but who had no ID. Inaddition, no car was found in thearea. The homeowner, whosename was not released, was notseriously hurt in the incident. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St.Louis, MO

Cody Light ofArab, AL, claimedthat all he wanted was some cig-arettes, but he got more than hebargained for when he broke intohis neighbors car. The owner,hearing strange noises, stepped

outside her house to investigate.Upon seeing a man rummagingthrough her car, the woman ranback into her house and retrieveda handgun, which she broughtoutside. Light ran away, but wasapprehended shortly thereafter,following a brief struggle withpolice. The man was chargedwith burglary and resisting arrest.-- The Arab Tribune,Arab, AL

Robert Cole, a former sheriff'sdeputy and current NRA mem-ber, knew that senior citizens area prime target for theft, so hewas always prepared for theworst. He and his wife, Pamela,had just pulled into a parkingspot at the local grocery storeone day when an unknown manapproached them. As Colewalked to the passenger side ofthe truck to open the door for hiswife, the man came closer anddemanded his wallet. "It looked

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