A great point from an smart guy about >this article: [T]he puzzle is that, since it is virtually impossible for guerrillas — especially foreigners — to operate in an urban area without the knowledge of the inhabitants, why we haven’t been able to set up a network of Iraqis throughout the country to report on any suspicious developments in their neighborhood? All that is needed is a cell phone, and anonymity is easily secured. It would take very few informants to cover large areas, especially as the people in these neighborhoods have lived there their entire lives and know everyone in them. How hard could it be to point out houses where foreign fighters are holed up? Why haven’t we done this? Why haven’t the Iraqis done this?
Imagine guerrillas trying to operate out of Capitol Hill [or] Arlington without anyone noticing. Silly, but you get the idea.