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I have just watched the film 'Lone Survivor' about a US special forces mission in Afghanistan that goes pear-shaped after the troops are discovered by some local goat herders. The only options open to the troops was to kill the civilians or let them go. If they tied them up they would die in the cold. Of course the troops released the civvies, who immediately set the Taliban on them, then things get messy. Being compromised by local civilians seems to be a major problem for SF, western forces in a limited war are unlikely to kill innocent people in order to stay on task. A solution has occurred to me-time release handcuffs. If the troops were issued with 'cuffs that could be set to release after a set time would enable SF troops to get well away from unlucky civilians before they can alert the opposition. The 'cuffs need not be expensive/sophisticated/unreliable, a clockwork mechanism will do the job. And they only need one set per team. Any comments anyone?