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2009-08-16 Iraq

Iraq postpones census over fears of ethnic strife

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Posted by ed 2009-08-16 13:20|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 This comes under the category of the truth hurts, and the truth hurts Arabs more than most people.

Posted by Frozen Al 2009-08-16 13:33|| 2009-08-16 13:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Early on, the US could have solved a bunch of problems by including an intelligence squad along with combat units, to catalog every Iraqi they met, and issue them an high security ID card.

All the Iraqis would see on the front of the ID card would be their picture, and the back would have an encrypted 2D matrix barcode, that can have up to 1,000 characters, so no one else could read their card.

They would be asked their name, religious sect, tribe, and how many adults and children in their family, and their names. Then put their fingers and thumbs in a box that would scan their prints.

Finally a cheek swab DNA sample. From that point, they would be in a secure US military database, and their ID card could be checked with a scanner. It would serve as their voter ID, ration card, public census, internal passport, and tax record.

Iraqi police and military would have limited access scanners to quickly tell if there were outstanding warrants on an individual, and if they were in their local area or not. Anyone without an ID would be checked with the database, and if lost or stolen, it could be replaced immediately.

While a lot of work on the front end, it would have made the rebuilding of Iraq much faster.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-08-16 17:56|| 2009-08-16 17:56|| Front Page Top

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