Wired.com: Send in the Marines (with Biometrics)!

A year ago Afghan tribesmen, with two months of NATO training and $70 bucks a month in NATO pay in their pockets, helped repel a major Taliban assault on the southern town of Chora. But in April NATO decided the tribesmen â€" Afghanistan’s version of the “Sons of Iraq” militias â€" were a security risk, and fired them all. “The fix?” I asked in a piece for Wired.com. “Marines, of course, armed with fingerprint pads, iris scanners and electronic databases.” With these biometric tools, the Marines