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In reply to the discussion: There are not 200 armed men holding that building. There are no more than 15 [View all]avebury
(10,952 posts)totally surround it to prevent anybody going in or out and then wait them out. Totally isolate them from the world is the way to go. Cell phones will only last until the batteries run out. Unless they took in food and water with them they will eventually get hungry. A person can last longer without food then they can water. With no electricity it will get cold.
They cannot win if the Feds refuse to engage them. Set up a large enough perimeter that even the media can't get anywhere near the building. Bring in cell phone jamming equipment to prevent them from communicating witht the outside with their cellphones until such time as their cellphones run out of juice. They could consider blasting them with loud music like they did Noriega.