[funsec] Biometric "gated communities" in Baghdad

[Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah]

From:           	"Richard M. Smith" <rms at computerbytesman.com>
Date sent:      	Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:16:38 -0400

> U.S. military is walling off at least 10 of Baghdad's most violent
> neighborhoods and using biometric technology to track some of their residents,
> creating what officers call "gated communities" in an attempt to carve out oases
> of safety in this war-ravaged city.

Aside from the use of biometrics, interesting use of terminology.  Are these 
actually "gated communities" (to protect "our kind") or "ghettos" (to keep the 
nasty people locked away from us)?

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