I have someone close, on the ground.
27,000 confirmed as of an hour ago.
I've seen a lot of CIBs and combat patches from the video feeds. These ain't support MOS's on the ground, they appear to be mostly combat arms.
Rumor control has it they're being issued live ammo and deadly force has been authorized.
All confirmed
Y'know...this whole thing is out of the same playbook we use in occupied territories.
I remember the same checkpoint system being used in Baquba during Iraq's first election.
My gut tells me they're there to keep people in, not out.
How is the count being done? It started with deployment stats then went dark late Thur and mostly chatter all day Fri.
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