(Modern War Institute at West Point) Many of the challenges of urban warfare are not new; nor, unfortunately, are the options soldiers have to confront these challenges. The U.S. Army has a long history of fighting in cities and its tactics, techniques, and procedures have been refined mostly from the hard lessons of World War II and the evolution of close-quarters combat that occurred following the failed 1972 rescue attempt during the Munich Olympics.
// Abdi Latif Dahir
Beijing has trained African officials on its sprawling system of censorship and surveillance.