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What the article doesn't say is the most telling part of this exercise.

This dis-information; combined with some drone carried ordinance gave our intel some of the exit routes that would be taken by the insurgents in time of attack.

It started a spy vs spy type of operation, in which we broadcast video of their movement into the region, showing we could track them in an attempt to demoralize.

They responded by placing covers over alley ways to prevent video imaging, and we countered by sending them infrared imaging of heat signatures showing them moving through the covered alleys.

In many respects, the entire operation was "wargamed" from the time of this false release of operation and the actual operation.

I don't remember the source for this, but it was spelled out in detail and this is as much as I could recall.