Rogue Nation Handbook.
The R.N.E.M. Handbook. "The R.N.E.M. is YOU, as You are it. Without YOU, it is nothing. With YOU it is the most powerful force this country has ever known. For too long we have been the nails under the hammer of this illegal government. Now it is time to hit back. Make the R.N.E.M. spread like a virus, killing the body of tyranny and infecting every town and city with rage, vengeance and hope. Stand and deliver! Take OUR country back! What better place than here, what better time than NOW!"
J.A.Mullins 2006, R.N.E.M. (founder, patriot, American.)
Handbook of the American Freedom Fighter.
-Why Take Up Armed Struggle?-
The question of whether or not to take up arms and fight for the liberation of the American people is a difficult one to answer. There has yet to be a substantial change in recent world history that has been effected through non-violent means. We live in a world of violent domination, where people are either compliant with corporate rule or done away with. As "first-world" consumers, we are all guilty of directly causing the subjugation of marginalized people the world over the destruction of the global ecosphere and the deaths of those in political opposition to any government ours has relations with. I don't point this out in order to cause guilt or make accusations, but to point out to Americans who claim to be believers in non-violence that they are fooling themselves.
The legitimacy of armed uprising is always debatable and it is my opinion that this is an issue that each of us has to decide for ourselves. Therefore, I won't spend much time debating it, as I consider pacifism to be a sort of self-therapy to dismiss anything the pacifist doesn't wish to confront on a personal level. There are plenty of articles, essays and books to counter my viewpoint, and please feel free to read and learn from them, as I have. But please do not try to argue the pacifist point of view with me, and don't censure me. Let the government do it's own dirty work. Now, on with the educational portion of the handbook...
-Getting Started-
Build your base of support:
There are several things that have to be done before taking up armed struggle. The first of which is to surround yourself with people you know well enough to trust with your life. The second is to prepare to leave everyone else you know behind and prepare for a lonely, painful existence of hardship and uncertainty. Now you and a small band of friends are ready to begin. Before you pull off your first action, though there are a lot of preparations you will have to make.
First make sure you know as much as you can possibly find out about your base of operations. Who are your neighbors, do they suspect anything? Are they simpatico? Where are good hiding places? Good escape routes? Any fresh water springs or other sources of water in the area? Can you slip in and out of your safe house without being seen or looking suspicious? Now, do you know people outside your group who you can ask for help who will not ask questions and do anything (within reason) to help you? These people are going to be the ones who will let your wounded comrades hide out in their homes until they are feeling better, who will help you acquire food and medicine, who will feed you and deliver messages to your above-ground supporters. You will not succeed in your efforts without at least a nominal base of support. Your supporters need not adhere to your political views. They will help you out because they like you as people and think that you are passionate, even heroic. Do not do anything to expose these people to violence from the police and military. They are not combatants. They have not joined your militia. Keep away from them during times of heightened activity from the police and military forces.
At this same time you should be propagandizing, letting the community know that there are people around who are willing to stop complying with the legal status quo. Through these efforts you will better understand the community you are involved with. This is the time to confront attitudes, both yours and other's, and get a feel for who can be trusted and how far that trust can go. Be warned that this is a time when you are vulnerable to arrest and harassment by the police. Your propaganda vehicles should consist of fliers, graffiti, guerrilla actions against billboards and any media at your disposal, print, radio, video, anything that you can use to explain why you feel the way you do. It is not important to convert people to your side at this point. The emphasis should be in setting the proper context for your consequent actions, so that when they begin, people will know what's happening and why.
There is great controversy about when to actually begin your activities as a revolutionary fighting unit. Traditional strategy has always preached that "the people" should be prepared before there can be any chance for a revolution to be successful. Yet history has shown repeatedly that "the people" will start kicking ass long before any leadership has emerged. According to Che, the Cuban Revolution proved that an oppressed people sometimes only need a catalyst to prod them into action before they ignite into a mass movement, ready to sweep aside the old regime.
Once your group has done the proper preparations and is ready to begin activities, there are new considerations, how do you keep the unit supplied with food and ammunition, what are your targets for attack, are you ready for a counter-strike by the enemy? There is a huge difference, psychologically, in pressing the attack and being attacked. In the former case, there is a feeling of control, you have met the enemy and are now going to kick his ass. When they come after you, however, there is a feeling of defeat from the outset. Coming under fire by your enemy is unnerving, but for the guerrilla band, it is more of an annoyance than anything else. Even when faced with far superior fire and manpower, the guerrilla group can escape by stealth or directed assault and use their superior knowledge of the area to make their get-away. More on this later.
-Essential Equipment-
The less stuff the soldier carries in the field, the more mobile the unit is. If your unit is operating in a safe, familiar area, you can stash things, like staple foods , medicines and extra ammunition and weapons in caches spread throughout your field of operations.
There should be one or two people outside the unit who can act as go-betweens when the unit needs things like food and medicine. It is not important for the whole unit to know these people, nor for them to know much about the unit. Also, you will hopefully have contact with organizations which support your actions. When the time comes to escalate your activities, these outside contacts will become sources for new recruits.
-The R.N.E.M. chapter-
There is usually not much rank in R.N.E.M. chapters. Decisions are often made by consensus, though this is not always possible. In the heat of a battle, when unexpected complications arise, a serious accident occurs or during severe weather, someone or a few people may have to take the initiative to remedy the situation. If you know the people well and you are all comfortable with one another, the suggestions offered are usually well-thought-out and in the best interest of everyone involved. The Guerrilla should be able to trust their fellow chapter members to act in their best interest. This is easier to do with people you've known a long time or have faced enemy fire with.
The typical R.N.E.M. chapter is small, between 3 to 12 fighters. Any more than that and the odds of being spotted by the enemy are greatly increased. Any less and there are extreme limits to what your group can attempt and expect to survive. Though there should be no actual rankings amongst the Guerrillas, there will usually emerge one or two people with organizational skills who will often serve as unofficial leaders due to their general competence. These people may not be the same people who are effective combat leaders. The differences should be respected, as well as acknowledged. These people should be deferred to during times of crisis or difficult decision making, though they should never expect their fellow chapter members to unquestioningly take commands. An R.N.E.M. chapter is a band of equals and should treat one another with respect and affection.
When the conflict escalates, the chapter will hopefully grow and the experienced members will be thrust into leadership roles with the new arrivals, help them to make the adjustment to the life of a freedom fighter and teach them how to survive engagement with the enemy. Again, through informal agreement, some people will step forward as leaders. It is worth noting that the successful small chapter leader will not always be as competent with a larger chapter. And the person unable to take the initiative with a small group of friends might find themselves feeling responsible for the well-being of the new recruits. Again, let these naturally occurring roles manifest themselves, but always be wary of anyone who takes on too much responsibility. If that person were killed during an action, the group might find itself in deep shit. It is the responsibility of the entire chapter to see that all the work is shared by everyone, so that there is always someone available to help out when someone else is lost due to injury or illness.
When the chapter has grown to ungainly size, it will need to split up. This then creates a new difficulty of keeping in contact and co-ordinating actions. Therefor, any activities must be planned well in advance, though not necessarily in great detail. This difficulty will be compounded greatly the more recruits there are. The time will come when the chapter will have to expand its base of operations. This is like starting all over again, with new contacts to be made with the people in the area, new maps to be acquired, new terrain to be explored. This is a dangerous time for the chapter, and should be undertaken with a heightened sense of alertness. The initial forays into new territory should never be put off. There should be time available to send men into new places without their field gear, just to pass through and scope things out. It is very important for these people to stay out of difficulties with the police in the new places.
-Insurrection-
There are no hard-set rules for making your initial engagements with the enemy, but here are a few pointers:
Never engage the enemy in an attack that you cannot win. Don't send your fighters to assault a well-fortified airfield, for example, or attack a barracks outside your territory.
Always strike fast, with every weapon at your disposal, inflict the maximum amount of damage that you can and withdraw just as quickly.
Have your escape planned beforehand.
Select a rendezvous point where anyone separated during the fighting can catch up with the others.
Make every round of ammunition count. You'll likely never suffer from an over-abundance of ammunition.
Try to recover ammunition and weapons from fallen enemies. Some of your engagements will be solely for this purpose.
Don't panic if things don't go well. Get out as quickly as possible and try to make the enemy regret any pursuit attempted.
ALWAYS fire from a well-concealed position. Not just behind a tree or rock, but laying on the ground behind a tree or rock. It is especially important to be on the ground behind a bush or in grass. If not, the enemy will likely see the discharge from your weapon and be able to aim at that. If you're on the ground, underneath some sort of foliage, the enemy may not even see your gun's blast. The smaller a target you present, the less likely you'll be hit. Also, make sure you're not trapped, in a place where any movement will expose you to enemy fire with no chance for cover. Though these may sound like obvious points, you will be surprised at what people will do in the heat of battle.
If you are being pursued by an enemy group, always kill the lead man (the Point man). This will unnerve the enemy and make the point position difficult to fill. This tactic will sometimes divide the enemy against one another, as some men may refuse to take a position that is going to result in their deaths.
Your first actions will likely not put a great deal of fear into your enemies. As a matter of fact the enemy may not know anything about them. Very likely, you will have to pull off a few armed robberies in order to provision your chapter with enough food and supplies to get started. Also, you may want to keep some money in reserve in case the chapter is forced out of their base of operations. Do not rob the families of the people who are your supporters or who could be your supporters. Rob the wealthy, the powerful and the local tyrants. You'll know who they are, the businesses they own and where they live, if you've made the proper preparations.
When you've pulled off your first outright "military" action, this should be followed by a propaganda effort, or propaganda should be made during the action, so that all will know what's going on. From this point on the chapter is on enemy turf, until they have established complete control of some territory. Once this action is taken, the war is on and the freedom fighters will be under constant harassment.
-Defensive Positions-
You should have prepared several bunkers or safe houses at different places throughout your base of operations. Here, you can store excess items rather than carry them around with you all the time. Also, these should offer some shelter not only from the cold and rain, but also from light artillery, such as grenades launched from guns and mortars. By burrowing into a hillside and heavily fortifying the entrance, you should be safe from almost anything the enemy throws at you, with the exception of direct hits by bombs, missiles and heavy artillery.
The Vietnamese were great at creating underground villages through elaborate tunnel systems. This was seen as such a brilliant, easily-defendable and useful strategy that local and federal police agencies often use it as an excuse to use incendiary devices and light-armour vehicles in assaults, like the ones against the "Move" house and the "Branch Davidians". They were lying, of course, they just wanted to be able to leave no survivors.
-Taking Action-
In Central America, the FSLN of Nicaragua and the FMLN of El Salvador would occasionally pull off spectacular actions not only to display their capabilities, but also to humiliate their enemies. They would capture the banquet hall where a member of one of the ruling families was holding a wedding reception or loot and burn stores that belong to the rulers. The Tupac Amaru unsuccessfully attempted such an action in Peru when they took over the Japanese Embassy. They committed two strategic mistakes in this action. They had undertaken the effort as an act of desperation, without really expecting to win the encounter. They also let it drag out far too long. They could have at least attempted to shoot their way out, thus giving their supporters and those in sympathy with them a chance to join in the fray. Had they engaged the army units surrounding them in a prolonged, hot, running battle, they very well could have set the entire city aflame with revolutionary fever. Who knows what could have happened?
By carrying out such outrageous actions, the guerrillas were illustrating to the people that the powerful were vulnerable. This would inspire admiration and respect, not only with the people in the barrios, but often in the ranks of the military as well. There are numerous incidents of high-ranking officers in the military, disgusted by the attitudes and behavior of the ruling elite, who would withdraw their troops into their barracks and withhold them from the fighting, then pledge themselves to the revolutionary government. This happened in Spain, in Russia, in Mexico and to a lesser extent in Central America, too. Displays of bravery coupled with upright behavior (no rape of captives or cat-and-mouse games with prisoners of war) can win over to the guerrilla's side those who have been apathetic or even opposed to their actions. Not all who serve the powerful enjoy their roles.
In Vietnam during their fight with the French and American occupation forces, and in Mexico, where the Zapatistas fought against the federal government, the enemy's army could never locate the guerrilla units. They were hidden in plain sight, as it were. The very people working the fields, selling fruits and poultry by the roadside and watching the little children in the village squares were the same people who took up arms at night. The Mexican army, in particular, would declare that the Zapatistas had been exterminated every fall, only to be driven out of Chiapas and Morales every winter, once the harvest was in. It took them years to figure out where the guerrilla army was.
The focus of the chapter initial activities will be to disrupt the lives of the enemy forces as much as possible and to cut off their supplies. With stealth and a few homemade weapons, the chapter can attack airfields, convoys and other means of supply the enemy will use. Mines that can be detonated by remote switches are always effective, as are homemade rockets. Shotguns can be converted into grenade launchers and simple explosive devices (black powder grenades, molotovs, etc.) can be fired with them. These simple, improvised weapons are highly effective, not only due to their offensive capacities, but also as a psychological weapon against the opposing soldiers, who assume you have nothing in your arsenal other than a few rifles.
One thing that has to be mentioned here are prisoners of war. Do not take prisoners. If possible, escort any surrendering troops to a border and tell them to get lost for the remainder of the war. Do not allow them to return to their bases. Since they will be your countrymen, they may actually want to join your side! They must prove themselves under fire before you can trust them with weapons! Until then they can be treated as suspect new recruits.
-Urban Warfare-
Usually labeled as "terrorists", the urban guerrilla differs from the traditional "fighting in the fields" guerrilla in their base of operations.
The Urban chapters are under much more intensive scrutiny than those in the woods and have to be careful not to arouse the suspicion of neighbors as well as the police. But they can hide out just as easily, have more targets to choose from and can often stir up the locals to take part in their actions, even if they are only playing supporting roles. The Sendero Luminoso in Peru existed for years in the slums of Lima before the people there figured out they were ruthless, power-hungry, back-stabbing bastards and routed them out without the intervention of the police or military.
The urban chapter should take care not to blow up their neighbors, like a faction of the "Weatherman" did in NYC. Emma Goldman expressed regret that she and her cohorts at one time exposed their neighbors to such danger, which turned her against violent confrontation for a while. Of course, seeing the suppression of the Anarchists in Russia and the Ukraine made her once again propose armed conflict and she enthusiastically supported the Revolution in Spain.
You should also not engage in a firefight if there are many innocent bystanders in the line of fire, if it can be helped.
The urban chapters will never have the security that the "outdoor" chapters have, nor will they usually have the number of people involved in their day-to-day activities, still they will be able to maintain some sort of social ties to the outside world. This is both good and bad. It's a security risk anytime someone outside the chapter becomes familiar with one or more of it's members. The good part is that the fighters don't get lost in a fantasy world of revolution and can more accurately assess their situation and plan their actions accordingly.
Urban chapter activity is probably the best first step to take in a modern industrial state, though it is usually the last phase of the traditional revolution. Due to the amount of police informants, security forces and military readily available to combat the guerrillas, it is advisable not to stay in one area for very long. Once a few actions have taken place, the chapter can split up and regroup later. This regrouping should be seen as a chance to gather together to plan the next operation and the chapter should have their combat supplies stored somewhere secure. When the chapter is dispersed for any amount of time, there is no certainty that all the members will rejoin the chapter. Some may be arrested, or injured or killed. And there is always the danger of being followed or turned in by someone familiar with the guerrillas, maybe even one of its members. In any case, treat a re-grouping with extreme caution, assume the worst and do not wait around for very long for stragglers. They'll find a way to contact you if they need to.
-Some final thoughts about Insurrection-
Once a person begins down this road, it is difficult to turn back. Even if one surrenders, there is no guarentee the government/federal forces will accept the surrender, or that they won't have you killed in prison.
Self-discipline is the key to security. Wandering away to have a fling with a local babe, getting drunk at a bar or trying to contact a missed person could result in getting oneself and the entire group killed. Also the ability to remain calm under duress is extraordinarily useful. For instance, if stopped by a cop or federal agent, try to determine what the matter is all about before whipping out a gun or grenade or taking cyanide. The agent in question could be asking around about something totally unrelated to your activities.
Try not to be fearful, but allow yourself to use your fear to your advantage. Fear brings about a heightened state of alertness which can be quite useful at certain times.
Study guerrilla tactics and read about revolutionary groups while pondering the issue.
-R.N.E.M. is a Guerrilla Force-
Guerrilla warfare can be conceived as a continuum. On the low end are small-scale raids, ambushes and attacks. In ancient times these actions were often associated with smaller tribal polities fighting a larger empire, as in the struggle of Rome against the Spanish tribes for over a century. In the modern era, with the operations of revolutionary groups. The upper end is composed of a fully integrated political-military strategy, comprising both large and small units, engaging in constantly shifting mobile warfare, both on the low-end "guerrilla" scale, and that of large, mobile formations with modern arms.
The latter phase came to fullest expression in the operations of Mao tse-Tung in China and Vo Nguyen Giap in Vietnam. In between are a large variety of situations - from the war against Israel by Palestinians in the modern era, to Spanish and Portuguese irregulars operating with the conventional units of British General Wellington, during the Peninsular War against Napoleon.
Modern guerrilla warfare at its fullest (high end) elaboration, should be conceived of as an integrated process, complete with sophisticated doctrine, organization, specialist skills and propaganda capabilities.
The R.N.E.M. chapters can operate as small, scattered bands of raiders, but they can also work side by side with R.N.E.M. core forces, or combine for far ranging mobile operations in squad, platoon or battalion sizes, or even form conventional units. Based on their level of sophistication and organization, they can shift between all these modes as the situation demands. Guerrilla warfare is flexible, not static.
-Stratigic Models of R.N.E.M. Tactics-
THE MAOIST MODEL:
In China, the Maoist Theory of People's War divides warfare into three phases. In Phase One, the guerrillas earn the population's support by distributing propaganda and attacking the organs of government. In the Phase Two, escalating attacks are launched against the government's military forces and vital institutions. In Phase Three, conventional warfare and fighting are used to seize cities, overthrow the government, and assume control of the country. Mao Zedong's seminal work, On Guerrilla Warfare, has been widely distributed and applied most successfully in Vietnam, by military leader and theorist Vo Nguyen Giap, whose "Peoples War, Peoples Army" closely follows the Maoist three-phase approach, but emphasizing flexibility in shifting between guerrilla warfare and spontaneous a "General Uprising" of the population in conjunction with guerrilla forces.
THE MORE FUNDAMENTAL TYPE:
The classical Maoist model assumes a clear organization and objective, reached through three distinct phases.
However some chapters may not follow this template at all, and might encompass numerous small, 'freelance' support groups operating independently with little overarching structure. These patterns do not fit easily into neat phase-driven categories, or formal 3-echelon structures (Main Force regulars, Regional fighters, part-time fighters) as in the People's Wars of Asia.
Some jihadist guerrilla attacks for example, may be driven by a generalized desire to restore a reputed golden age of earlier times, with little attempt to establish a specific alternative political regime in a specific place. Ethnic attacks likewise may remain at the level of bombings, assassinations, or genocidal raids as a matter of avenging some perceived slight or insult, rather than a final shift to conventional warfare as in the Maoist formulation.
Environmental conditions such as increasing urbanization, and the easy access to information and media attention also complicate the contemporary scene. Guerrillas need not conform to the classic rural fighter helped by cross-border sanctuaries in a confined nation or region (as in Vietnam,) but now include vast networks of peoples bound by religion and ethnicity stretched across the globe.
-Tactics-
R.N.E.M. tactics are based on intelligence, ambush, deception, sabotage, and espionage, undermining federal authority through long, low-intensity confrontation. As demonstrated by the Vietnam conflict. A guerrilla army may increase the cost of maintaining an occupation or a colonial presence above what the foreign power may wish to bear. Against a local regime, the guerrilla fighters may make governance impossible with terror strikes and sabotage, and even combination of forces to depose their local enemies in conventional battle.
These tactics are useful in demoralizing an enemy, while raising the morale of the R.N.E.M. fighters. In many cases, tactics allow a small force to hold off a much larger and better equipped enemy for a long time, as in Russia's Second Chechen War and the Second Seminole War fought in the swamps of Florida. Guerrilla tactics and strategy are summarized below and are discussed extensively in standard reference works such as Mao's "On Guerrilla Warfare."
-Types of Tactical Operations-
Guerrilla warfare may involve attacks by specialized assault squads. Chapter operations typically will include attacks on transportation routes, individual groups of police or agents, installations and structures, economic enterprises, and targeted collaborating civilians. Attacking in small groups, using camouflage and often captured weapons of that enemy, the chapter can constantly keep pressure on its foes and diminish its numbers, while still allowing escape with relatively few casualties. The intention of such attacks is not only military but political, aiming to demoralize targets, or goading an overreaction that forces the public to take sides for or against the freedom fighters. Examples range from the chopping off of limbs in various internal African rebellions, to sophisticated maneuvers by Viet Cong and NVA forces against military bases and formations.
Whatever the particular tactic used, the fighter primarily lives to fight another day, and to expand or preserve his forces and political support, not capture or holding specific blocks of territory as a conventional force would.
Ambushes .. transportation routes are a hallmark of R.N.E.M. chapter operations, causing both economic and political disruption. Careful advance planning is required for operations.
-Organization-
R.N.E.M. organization ranges from small chapters of 3-12, local patriot support groups of a few dozen fighters, to state militias of up to 75 fighters. The core organization has political and military wings.
-Suprise, Intellagence & Recon-
For successful operations, surprise must be achieved by the fighters. If the operation has been betrayed or compromised it is usually called off immediately. Intelligence is also extremely important, and detailed knowledge of the target's dispositions, weaponry and morale is gathered before any attack. Intelligence can be harvested in several ways. Sympathizers will usually provide a steady flow of useful information. If working clandestinely, the R.N.E.M. operative may hide his membership in the organization and use deception to ferret out needed data.
Employment or enrollment as a student may be undertaken near the target zone, community organizations may be infiltrated, and even romantic relationships struck up as part of intelligence gathering. Public sources of information are also invaluable to the guerrilla, from the flight schedules, to public announcements of visiting foreign dignitaries, to Army Field Manuals. Modern computer access via the Internet makes getting such data easy. The use of recon is integral to operational planning. Operatives will "case" a location or potential target in depth, cataloging routes of entry and exit, building structures, the location of phones and communication lines, presence of security personnel etc. Intelligence is concerned with political factors, such as an election or the impact of the potential operation on civilian and enemy morale.
-Relationship with the General Public--
Relationships with the public are influenced by whether the chapter operates among a hostile or friendly population. A friendly population is of immense importance to R.N.E.M. fighters, providing shelter, supplies, financing, intelligence and recruits. The "base of the people" is thus the key lifeline of the revolution. In the early stages of the Vietnam War, American officials "discovered that several thousand supposedly government controlled 'fortified hamlets' were in fact controlled by Viet Cong guerrillas, who 'often used them for supply and rest havens'."
Popular support in a confined local area or country however is not always strictly necessary. Chapters and supporting revolutionary groups can still operate using the protection of a friendly local government, drawing supplies, weapons, intelligence, local security and diplomatic cover. The Al Qaeda organization is an example of the latter type, drawing sympathizers and support primarily from the wide-ranging Muslim world, even after Coalition attacks eliminated the umbrella of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
An apathetic or hostile population makes life difficult for a chapter and strenuous attempts should be made to gain their support. These may involve persuasion or if needed, a calculated policy of intimidation. Chapter should characterize the revolution as a liberation struggle, but this may or may not result in sufficient support from affected civilians. Whatever the exact mix of persuasion or coercion used by the area chapter(s), relationships with local public are one of the most important factors in their success or failure.
-Use of Brutality--
In some cases, the use of brutality can be an aspect of chapter operations. To kill opposition leaders, extort cash from targets, intimidate the enemy, create economic losses, and keep potential defectors and "fence sitters" in line.
Such tactics may backfire and cause the public to withdraw its support, or to back Federal forces. Don't go overboard.
Such situations occurred in Israel, where suicide bombings encouraged most Israeli opinion to take a harsh stand against Palestinian attackers, including general approval of "targeted killings" to liquidate enemy cells and leaders In the Philippines and Malaysia, communist terror strikes helped turn civilian opinion against the insurgents. In Peru and some other South American countries, civilian opinion at times backed the harsh countermeasures used by authoritarian regimes against revolutionary movements.
-Tactical witdrawal-
Fighters must plan carefully for withdrawal once an operation has been completed, or if it is going badly. The withdrawal phase is the most important part of a planned action, and to get entangled in a lengthy struggle with superior forces could be fatal to revolutionary operatives.
Withdrawal is usually accomplished using a variety of different routes and methods and may include quickly scouring the area for loose weapons, evidence cleanup, and disguise as peaceful civilians. Such activity as eliminating traces of evidence, or hiding materials and supplies must be done.
-Lagistics-
R.N.E.M. chapters typically operate with a smaller logistical footprint compared to conventional forces, nevertheless, their logistical activities can be elaborately organized. A primary consideration is to avoid dependence on fixed bases and depots which are easy for conventional units to locate and destroy. Mobility and speed are the keys and wherever possible, the freedom fighter must live off the land, or draw support from the public in which he is embedded. The public become the supply base. Financing of chapter activities ranges from direct individual contributions (voluntary or non-voluntary), and actual operation of business enterprises by R.N.E.M. operatives, to bank robberies, kidnappings and complex financial networks based on supporting groups.
Semi-permanent bases can form part of the R.N.E.M. logistical structure, usually located in remote areas or in cross-border sanctuaries. These can be quite elaborate, fortified base camps and tunnel complexes.
-Terrain-
Guerrilla warfare is often associated with a rural setting, and this is indeed the case with the definitive operations of Mao and Giap, the mujahedeen of Afghanistan, the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres (EGP) of Guatemala, the Contras of Nicaragua, and the FMLN of El Salvador. Guerrillas however have successfully operated in urban settings as demonstrated in places like Argentina, Northern Ireland. In those cases, guerrillas rely on a friendly population to provide supplies and intelligence. Rural fighters prefer to operate in regions providing plenty of cover and concealment, especially heavily forested and mountainous areas. Urban fighters, rather than melting into the mountains and woods, blend into the population and are also dependent on a support base among the people.
-Foreign Support & Sanctuaries-
Foreign support in the form of weapons, sanctuary, or statements of sympathy for the revolution is not strictly necessary, but it can greatly increase the chances of an victory. Foreign diplomatic support may bring the cause to international attention, putting pressure on local opponents to make concessions, or garnering sympathetic support and material assistance. Foreign sanctuaries can add heavily to success, furnishing weapons, supplies, materials and training bases. Such shelter can benefit from international law, particularly if the sponsoring government is successful in concealing its support and in claiming "plausible denial" for attacks by operatives based in its territory.
The VC and NVA made extensive use of such international sanctuaries during their conflict, and the complex of trails, way-stations and bases snaking through Laos and Cambodia, the famous Ho Chi Minh Trail, was the logistical lifeline that sustained their forces in the South. Also, America funded a revolution in Colombia in order to take the territory they needed to build the Panama Canal. Another case in point is the Mukti Bahini guerrillas who fought alongside the Indian Army in the 14-day Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 against Pakistan that resulted in the creation of the state of Bangladesh. In the post-Vietnam era, the Al Qaida organization also made effective use of remote territories, such as Afghanistan under the Taliban regime, to plan and execute its operations. This foreign sanctuary eventually broke down with American attacks against the Taliban and Al Qaida. It is perhaps with a sense of bitter irony that an observer may note that the Taliban provided excellent training facilities and a base of operation due largely to the foreign support granted to them from America. During the Soviet war in Afghanistan the CIA aided the Taliban, in order to disrupt the Red Army's occupation.
-Initutive & Force-
Able to choose the time and place to strike, chapter fighters will usually possess the tactical initiative and the element of surprise. Planning for an operation may take weeks, months or even years, with a constant series of cancellations and restarts as the situation changes. Careful rehearsals and "dry runs" are usually conducted to work out problems and details. Many strikes are not undertaken unless clear numerical superiority can be achieved in the target area.
The freedom fighter holds the initiative, and can prolong his survival though varying the intensity of combat. This means that attacks are spread out over quite a range of time, from weeks to years. During the interim periods, the chapter can rebuild, resupply and plan. In the Vietnam War, most communist units (including mobile NVA regulars using guerrilla tactics) spent only a limited number of days a year fighting. While they might be forced into an unwanted battle by an enemy sweep, most of the time was spent in training, intelligence gathering, political and civic infiltration, propaganda indoctrination, construction of fortifications, or stocking supply caches. The large numbers of such groups striking at different times however, gave the war its "around the clock" quality.
-Ethical Desisions to be Made-
Traitors should be killed as punishment for collaboration, or as a policy of intimidation and coercion. Such attacks are only sanctioned by the leadership. Attacks may be aimed to weaken collaborator morale so that support for the federal forces decreases.
-Laws of War-
R.N.E.M fighters are not recognized as lawful combatants because they may not wear a uniform, (to mingle with the local population), their uniform and distinctive emblems not are recognized as such by the government. Article 44, sections 3 and 4 of the 1977 First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions, "relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts", does recognize combatants who, because of the nature of the conflict, do not wear uniforms as long as we carry our weapons openly during chapter operations. This gives non-uniformed R.N.E.M. fighters lawful combatant status against countries that have ratified this convention.
However, the same protocol states in Article 37.1.c that "the feigning of civilian, non-combatant status" shall constitute perfidy and is prohibited by the Geneva Conventions.
-Time-
A key factor in R.N.E.M. strategy is a protracted conflict, that wears down the will of the opposing counter-insurgent forces. America is especially vulnerable to the factor of time. The counter-insurgent force must allow enough time to get the job done. Impatient demands for victory centered around 4 year electoral cycles will play into the hands of the freedom fighters.
-The 6 Rules of Starting a R.N.E.M. Chapter-
1. If uncovered, it can only reveal names of people within the 1 chapter.
2. Let the chapter evolve naturally. Don't force cell leaders to recruit new members too fast, it will happen in time.
3. Be realistic in mission assignment and goals.
4. Don't make things more complicated than they need to be.
5. Don't generate a lot of paperwork, don't make copies. Never put a name or title on anything you print or write.
6. Start at least one other chapter that will operate independently, as yours does.
Discipline your men with real tactical drills and other exercises which serve applicable purposes.
When it comes to unit size, organize at the squad level or smaller. "Or smaller" would be my advice, for numerous reasons. Smaller units are a lot easier to control. I would feel very confident about our chances if the active patriot resistance were composed of thousands of networked but independent (and self-sufficient) 3 man fire teams. Each fire team could link with another (forming a 6-man squad) for a raid or force recon, or with 7 others (forming a 24-man platoon) for an ambush or deliberate attack (given the character of the modern militia, trying to form any larger units will just be asking for disorganization). For most other missions, each fire team should operate independently.
If you doubt the benefits of such small fire teams, put it to the test. Take your 5-man team through some bad bush, with plenty of twists and turns, and see how well they maintain the wedge. The men on both flanks will either be killing themselves to maintain proper position and interval, or they won't even bother and your wedge will wilt into a pointy square. Then try the same thing with just a 3-man team. Moving in the wedge just become a whole lot easier. You'll find that a smaller unit makes a lot of other activities easier, too.
-A Warning Against Burocracy-
Yes, your unit will benefit from a certain level of organization. But don’t go overboard! No matter how large your outfit gets (and my advice is to break up into smaller outfits if it grows beyond squad size), don't turn paperwork into a sacred cow. Keep it simple and informal. When you observe the emergence of attitudes of "that's not my department," your unit is headed for self-destruction. If it's to the point where something doesn't get done because "So-and-So handles that and he's not here today," you'd better go back to the drawing board. Spend your time and effort training your troops and solving problems, not creating and enforcing a bunch of regulations.
-The Strategic Picture-
We have the numbers:
In our nation of 300 million people, there are at least 95 million lawful gun owners. Those 95 million guns owners lawfully possess 212 million firearms.
Even if the government recalled ALL military members from around the entire world, they would have a force of only about two million.
95 million gun owners versus 2 million troops. The government would be slaughtered.
Even if only ten percent of the 95 million gun owners had the gut to fight we would still outnumber the military almost 3-1.
These numbers don't even include the amount of true patriotic soldiers of the military that will turn against the state and fight on our side or the estimated 115 million firearms that are unregistered.
Government tanks and planes are nearly useless in guerrilla warfare.
Government will be reminded that they exist at the whim of the American people. Government exists only to serve us as we direct.
The power government wields belongs to The People. We The People merely LEND part of our power to government and we have the absolute right to take that power back at any time we deem appropriate. The founding fathers made clear we can take it back in any manner we deem appropriate.
If the U.S. government or military dares attempt to implement Declaration 51 in any way shape or form they should expect to be brutally punished and pay for that indescresion with their lives.
Strategy and tactics are inter-related. It is important to understand the relationship between them.
Tactics are what you use to win a battle, strategy is what you use to win a war. Both are equally important, yet tactics are a component of strategy. You might call tactics a substrategy.
-Our Stratigic Situation-
Our enemy (UN/NWO forces, including the US Military) is a conventional force. Numerically they have overwhelming superiority. Their land forces have air support, artillery, intelligence-gathering units equipped with spy-satellites, heat-imaging devices and every other scientifically possible contraption, engineers/sappers, signal battalions, nuclear/biological/chemical (NBC) capabilities and specialists, and support personnel, equipment and material. They have supply. Think about that. When their troops use up all the food, fuel and bullets they can carry, someone will load them up with more. They have the land, air and naval power to project their troops anywhere on Earth. They have medics and field hospitals. They have popular support (which, among other things, augments their intelligence-gathering capability). In North America (which is all we can afford to worry about at this time), either directly or indirectly, they control every major resource, water, food, industry, heat, electricity, information, fuel, etc.
What type of force is the Patriot Resistance? We have no air support or artillery. Our intelligence gathering apperattus is well-dispersed but crude, vulnerable, and often inaccurate. We have no supply. The only means available to us to project our forces are limited, haphazard, and vulnerable. We have no field hospitals and only the most rudimentary medical skills/equipment. We are not a conventional fighting force.
The only type of warfare in which the Patriot Resistance can be effective is guerrilla. We must plan strategy and adjust our thinking accordingly.
Wars are won by taking and holding key terrain and resources. We can't accomplish this by fighting pitched, decisive battles against the NWO. Especially since the enemy already controls our nation's resources. The only method open for us to capture those key resources and terrain is one which has been used by many an underdog throughout history. The Russians employed it against Napoleon, Pancho Villa used it against Black Jack Pershing. It entails making your enemy wear himself out pursuing and trying to destroy you. Then when your enemy is exhausted, starving, weak and careless, you move in to speed his destruction, taking bites out of him wherever possible, carving him up pieces.
This kind of strategy requires discipline. The defender is constantly moving backwards, taking as little damage as possible. He must resist the urge to stand toe-to-toe and fight it out. He must pick oppurtune moments, when it is most advantageous to himself, to surprise his enemy by turning from his retreat to let fly a brief, stinging offensive flurry before disaperaring once again. This strategy is our best hope for victory in the coming struggle.
-Denie our stronger enemy a decisive engagement.
-Deploye an agressive rearguard to harrass and observe the enemy.
-Chose wisely the time and place to suddenly stop and fight, where the terrain gives a distinct advantage.
-Make the enemy pay dearly for these places, then evacuated before the enemy can follow up.
-Leave behind little that the enemy could use in the way of rations, supplies or shelter. Take all you can from them.
-Moved to impede their enemy's retreat, again choosing terrain which required the enemy to do all the work.
-The Patriotic Resistance-
The R.N.E.M. is a guerilla force. Our only supply is what we can carry with us. We have no formal or centralized leadership. 99% of us are armed with nothing bigger than a rifle. We have no fixed defensive line, no bases or even friendly cities. Unlike the VC and NVA, we don't even have borders we can escape and hide behind. Keep all that in mind.
As mentioned, wars are won by taking and holding key terrain and resources. Let's look at resources first.
-The Key Resources Here in North America are:
Food: Our Great Plains are one of the agricultural wonders of the world. The farms are 99% corporate now and being taken over by foreign conglomerates, but the crops still grow here.
Water: Even more important than food on an individual level. Every state has it, but you'll work much harder to find it in Texas than you will in Michigan.
Fuel: There is and has been far more fuels here in North America than will ever be admitted. Most of it is given to our enemies while foreign fuel is imported here in order to make us more "interdependent" and to maintain the illusion of an energy crisis. But there is still enough oil in our land to make us self-sufficient for a very long time. The biggest concentrations are in Alaska and Texas, but you'll also find wells in California, Florida and Oklahoma. Coal is another fuel found in abundance in the northern states.
Information: Almost all is completely under the enemy's control and should be targets. The primary "hubs" of their information monopoly are New York and California.
Industry: What little is left here is mostly foreign-owned, yet there remains enough to have an impact on the economy. It is concentrated mostly along the East Coast and in the "Midwest" (the Rust Belt).
-Key Terrain-
California: The ChiComs already have a beach-head here (that's right, even before Bush part of Clinton's reelection deal with Red China was giving them the former US Naval Station at Long Beach, "former" because he slashed our own Navy too lean to man it) and could easily turn it into a funnel through which they could pour occupational forces into our interior.
The Sierra Nevadas: There are so many highways over and around these mountains, it would be impossible to bottle up any foreign occupational forces moving inland just by blocking 1 or 2 passes. Still, such a move warrants consideration.
The Southwestern border region: All the patriots down there are caught between a rock and several hard places. Not only do they have to worry about the Federal traitors and collaborators, there's a "Lufftwaffe" airbase there. As of 1998 Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico is now a permanent German Air Force installation, and the unchecked flood of Mexican revolutionaries crossing the Rio Grande now might become an all-out invasion when other things fall into place.
The Eastern Seaboard: I only mention the area surrounding and between New York and DC to advise patriots to get out of there. This area has absolutely no value to us and will be "the hornet's nest". It is the business and political neurocenter for the North American Union & NWO.
The Forests: Most active militias train out in the woods, and that's a good thing. That's where we'll need to operate and hideout, except for patrols or raids into urban areas. Major population centers will either be at the mercy of rioting mobs or the NWO.
-NOTE: As an informal network of guerrilla bands, the weaknesses of the patriotic resistance will prohibit us from attaining outright control of key terrain and resources at first. What we must do is make it as costly as possible for the enemy to control these assets.
-The Tools available to accomplish this are-
Interdiction: The enemy's supply lines will be stretched long and far. Too far for him to protect every mile of it adequately especially if he uses the railroads.
Sabotage: The same is true of microwave towers, broadcast relay stations, dams, bridges, power plants, fuel dumps and airfields: There are too many for the enemy to protect all of them. But be advised, a big dramatic explosion is not always the best or only means to take out targets. Don't overlook civilian broadcasting as targets The enemy must invest time and money on repairs to ensure the population stays misinformed.
Ambush: Isolate small enemy units, wipe them out, take their stuff, then "di-di-mau mos-koshee" (run off quickly). This will demoralize the enemy and erode his strength piece by piece while possibly earning yourselves food and ammo in the process.
Feints: Cry wolf, often! Make the enemy think you're attacking or raiding a certain target when you're not. Not only can you use such a ploy as a diversion for an actual operation, but even just creating constant false alarms will aggravate the enemy into complacency which you can exploit.
Psyops: Psychological operations directed at enemy soldiers. We don't have the sophisticated apperattus to compete with the enemy as far as targeting the civilian population but enemy troops will likely be following us wherever we go and it would be within our means to leave behind fliers, booklets, notes, or anything to make them think. When it comes to winning hearts and minds, the job of the partisan is to make it more costly for civilians to collaborate than to resist.
With all the propaganda against us being crammed down their throat it is unlikely that many people will take our side at first. But they definitely won't take our side if you steal from them and start destroying their property. There will be no way around foraging at least to some extent, if we hope to survive. Just try to take from the fields of collaborators and not the fence-sitters or sympathizers to our cause. Be as considerate as you can afford to be and let the NWO show their true colors to the population. If the people are being pushed around by Big Brother while we're causing relatively little trouble, except to Big Brother, some will decide that the cost of resisting, at least passively, is cheaper than the cost of collaborating.
Every doomsayer has a theory about how the revolution will start, but no one knows for sure. You don't know, we don't know, even the enemy's top brass might not know what's going to light the big fuse. A thousand different things could start the shooting. A stock market crash, the Brown situation, even a natural disaster. Let's not forget the very real (although censored by all but the intelligence journals) threat of the Shanghai Pact powers, who prepare for nuclear war against the US even now (their projected ballpark date is around 2015-2020, but many factors could move their schedule up) and have threatened to nuke the west coast if we interfere with Red China's designs on Taiwan (why should we do that, though? After all, Red China is STILL our "most favored nation". They have defacto control of the Panama Canal now. Meanwhile, we still don't have a ballistic missile defense and the longstanding "launch on warning" policy has been replaced with the suicidal "absorb a first strike" policy. "Treason" is what Webster's dictonary calls that, though not one single yellow "journalist" of the Lapdog Press has the integrity to use that word.
The enemy is opportunistic, and so far has been very clever in choosing the right moments to tighten the noose. We should take a page from their book and be on the lookout for prime opportunities. This will be a shock to most of you, but at the strategic level, the advantage goes to the attacker (the opposite is true at the tactical level). The element of surprise contributes to this, as do the key terrain and resources I've mentioned. In any case, we would be wise to watch unfolding events with an opportunistic eye.
-Gorilla Warfare R.N.E.M. Style -
A. -Movement to a determined target-
1. Wear dark clothing that will hide you at night, but will make you blend in during the day.
2. Do not wear any sort of rank, insignia, or identification. Only wear a number on all of your clothing, so that your own people can identify you if you become a casualty or get separated.
3. Travel in small parties of 3-12 team members.
4. Always try to become familiar with the type terrain your team will be traversing.
5. Never talk, use hand signals. If a twig breaks, or a dry leaf cracks, it could be anything; like an animal. If you talk, it flows over the ground, even if you whisper. In the still of night, a whispering voice is definitely human.
6. Have your escape route covered.
7. Learn how to walk in a crouch. Learn how to sneak around like the enemy. Take careful steps, always make the ball of your foot touch the ground first.
8. If you spot enemy personnel, do not look at them. If you think about it, someone staring at you is always going to make you turn around and see them; therefore, always look just to the right or left of the enemy soldiers. Believe me.
B. -Attack and psychological warfare-
1. Say you have a specific target in mind, like a specific person, and you have been instructed by your superiors or employer, to terminate him with extreme prejudice; in order to complete your mission you must have a devised plan. Use the G.T.M. method (Get in-Take out-Move out)
If you are planning on making your target a casualty via knife, use your imagination.
2. Psychological warfare is always interesting. We will give you as examples, some of the methods used by R.N.E.M. members in Kosovo.
(During the war, members of R.N.E.M. set up fake radio stations in Albania where we broadcasted false information about enemy movements, and such things like that.)
Note: For those of you who are interested in scaring the hell out of the enemy, locate an enemy campsite at night, find two men sleeping near each other, and then slit the throat of one of them. This causes a huge amount of stress on them in the morning.
C. -Do's and Dont's in Guerrilla Warfare-
1. For rapid fire of ammunition, tape two magazines together, so that the receiving ends face out.
2. For the ability to climb rapidly, cut off the two middle sections on the ball of your boot's soul.
3. Always have a piece of safety tape wrapped around the grenade and the spoon.
4. Use tracers at night (1 every 3-5 rounds).
5. Tie your knife sheath upside down on your suspenders, so you can merely reach across your chest and grab your blade very quickly if need be.
6. Do not wear any ID of any kind .
7. Know what kind of food is available in the area wherever you are.
8. If you are carrying magazines in a pouch, place something in-between each one, like empty cigarette packs, so they won't rattle.
9. Use silencers when available.
10. Use night vision scopes at night.
11. Never let anything get wet.
12. When using a radio, only answer yes and no by keying the mike once for "yes," and twice for "no."
13. Make sure everything you have, including yourself, is very dark in color.
14. Hit quickly, and get the hell out of there FAST!
-Ambush-
The ambush must be set up in suitable terrain. Areas that are too obvious as ambush sites like defiles, hollows etc., must
be avoided. Well suited on the other hand are inconspicuous positions in hedges, forest edges, cornfields, towns and gardens, especially if they offer possibilities of covered and concealed withdrawal.
Patient, noiseless, and motionless waiting, often over a longer period of time, are necessary when laying in ambush. Fire
only opens up when the order or predetermined sign is given.
In larger scale ambushes, the advance party of the enemy
should be allowed to pass in order to hit the more valuable targets following. If sufficient forces are available, a separate
ambush may be set up for the expected advance party. Fire on the advance party may open up only after the main
ambush is sprung."
"With this information and go out and fight, save your country, for your children, and their children. Pass this on to ALL patriots. It ends NOW!!!!"
Happy Hunting.