Reply #142: The military now calls it a "tactical" or "temporary" check point [View All]

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Which basically means that they could argue that any soldier going anywhere in Iraq can call the immediate area around her/his body a temporary check point.

What I want to know is whether these Special Ops working for Negroponte had ever even manned a checkpoint? Why would Negroponte require a special temporary checkpoint? My gut feeling is that these individuals were not even intended to establish a checkpoint, but instead to patrol the general area along the road. Did they have any communication with regular troops, or only with their own superiors, who are attached to Negroponte? This looks like it could possibly be gross negligence for even having those kinds of troops in the area.