. . . they were getting mighty ticked off for the past few months not being able to shoot back.
If I was there and someone was shooting at me, I think I'd end up in the brig. For shooting back.
Hmmm . . . here's a thought.
Wait for one of their anti-American parades - you know, the ones where a bunch of men (
never women) are chanting "Death to America" and dancing with masked men carrying AKs and RPGs. Sometimes even dancing on damaged US vehicles. Then send over a drone helo at low level, hoping it will draw fire.
Once it's hit, shoot back, with napalm or cluster bombs or SOMETHING of the sort on the crowd.
Collateral damage to people who are NOT part of the "Death to America" group will be minimal, and we should be able to get a WHOLE LOT of bad guys at once.
As far as managing news coverage, put together some "snatch" teams as Al-Jazeera (or, for that matter, NBCCBSABSCNN) news crews. Send 'em in for interviews, but us them to grab bad guys. Let it be known that we've got commados dressed up as news crews. Then sit back and see how Al-Quaeda and the Baathist terrorists react to camera crews. I mean, it's not as if they're on OUR side anyway, right?