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TOWARDS A NEW WORLD ORDER . ag bludgeoning it at a massive proportion. place after the Los Angeles riots, not The structured forces that were inside that against the street gangs, but against the citi- going out and disappearing. It used to be were deployed, including Operation zens who defended their homes and their when Fred Schmidlap and Jim and myself Achilles which we mentioned before, _ businesses. : would go over to the gun show; we'd go in began to reduce their actions because of Remember the Koreans who were on top and, well, let's go buy something. We'd go _ notoriety and the fact that they were seeing of their roofs? Strangely enough the gov- buy it, we'd take it home, fire it up a little more aggressive stances on the part of the ernment used the videotapes that were bit; we thought it was neat but it was that civilian population that they were attack- made to track down these homeowners and vogue toy for the month. We got done ing. Unfortunately, like cockroaches, you they are now being prosecuted for using with it we might take it back in, we'd sell it can spray and they keep coming back. So their weapons to defend themselves. And and we'd go buy something else. There by late 1992 the latest guns, drugs, drugs, this is an ongoing programme. was a used firearms market. Today, there guns campaign escalated with a variety of You're not seeing this in the general is no used firearms market. There is area- other actions overlapping. It's a threat 0 media because it wouldn't exactly bode son for that. Everything that isin the hands your children. Well, not if you train your wel} with the rest of us. Because of this it of the people is being absorbed. This is children properly. It's a threat to society. jg realised they're going to have to intensi- happening right now again. It's as if some- Well, this society isn't monarchal England, fy, and in fact heavily intensify, their cam- body cut an artery and the weapons are just _ it isn't pharaonic Egypt, and we most cer- paign. During the earlier phases, for gushing out. In fact, the people cannot tainly aren't the Union of Soviet Socialist instance in Chicago, the black helicopter keep up with demand enough. Republics. Because of that we trust our missions that we were talking about in the Now because of this, they are getting a people with firearms; in fact, we are the early hour were taking place extensively. tad concerned again. The effect of the government, therefore we're the ones who We have individuals who were in high- guns, drugs, drugs, guns campaign should decide who should have firearms. I think rises who were actually above helicopters have been for people to just hand things everybody forgets that. We, the people. flying between the high-rises in Chicago, in over or try to dispose of the weapons We have an obligation and a responsibility. the windy city. These operations culminat- because they were fearful of being prose- Now during this time, from late 1992 toed in a final activity which lasted approxi- cuted by the government. When in 1990 it _ the early part of 1993 we've seen aseries of mately one week in which they blocked off was realised that they weren't exactly going other actions take place in which firearms neighbourhoods, went building to building to accomplish their original mission, they confiscations, house-to-house, door-to- and house to house, entered forcibly if nec- had to change their timetable a little we door, have taken place. Operation Clean essary and prosecuted the owncrs of any think. By the third month it was realised Sweep in Chicago, Operation Achilles II in firearms, ammunition or gun parts found. that the militia forces, civilian arms were Cleveland, and a series of actions that took This was Operation Clean Sweep. FEBRUARY - MARCH 1994