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Adnan reported that citizens are steadily providing information about insurgents. Three separate IEDs were found and destroyed as a result of tips to Adnan’s office. The commandos are also receiving reports at their checkpoints: the 1st Battalion’s executive officer was handed a note at a checkpoint telling him where a known terrorist was sleeping.
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The local population is getting tired of the terrorists activities and/or they are gaining confidence in the governments ability to protect them from retaliation from the insurgents. They are starting to come around. The intel situation will probably improve exponetially once the planned repairs and upgrades to the city infrastructure begin. That could be the deciding factor. If the repairs take place but the insurgents keep wrecking or disrupting them then the locals might loose faith in the governments ability to make it happen. Then again, if the insurgents
do cause problems with the repairs it might make the locals even more supportive of the governments efforts. Either way, the end is near for the insurgency in this area.