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Appendix E
• Foment a massive popular movement resulting in a peaceful change of
regime through Country C’s political process.
• Degrade and disrupt the current regime’s support to internal and
external terrorism organizations.
• Discredit the current regime and bolster popular domestic and regional
discontent with the current regime.
• Assist Country C rebels with intelligence, communications, selected IO
capabilities, logistics support, and force protection.
• Expand the resistance by employing more combat operations if the
regime refuses to step down despite a massive popular movement.
• After removal of the regime and when requested by the new
government, vet, reform, and employ existing Country C military and
security forces to provide domestic security and national defense.
End State. The end state is a self-sufficient civil authority in a stable Country
C that is not hostile to US interests and does not provide support to terrorism.
CONOPS. The operation will be conducted in three phases (note: activities
within phases may overlap):
• Phase I: Assessment and Preparation. Conduct OPE in nations
adjacent to Country C to set the conditions for the next phase of UW
activities in Country C. UW capability development goals include the
creation of a synchronized, overt, clandestine and, if appropriate and
authorized, covert network of capabilities sustainable for the duration
of the campaign.
• Phase II: Operational Employment. Continue coordinated UW
activities and begin operations. SOF teams will make contact with
indigenous opposition groups and attempt to develop them into an
organized resistance force. Cadres are trained and preparations are
made to expand and build up the resistance force. Intelligence nets are
established or further developed. As the buildup proceeds, the
membership of the resistance force is expanded and its activities
broadened, to include infiltration or interim procurement of equipment
and supplies to support subsequent combat operations. Previously
trained cadres continue to recruit and train new members, and
additional units are formed. Limited operations are conducted to build
confidence in the guerrillas and confuse and harass the Country C
government. UW will focus on identifying, training, and equipping
resistance elements and assisting in identifying and securing a
replacement regime.
• Phase III: Stability Operations. After the present Country C regime
is deposed and a reformist government declared, US forces will
transition to stability operations.
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