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bladerunner said:

They've been trained as mounted troops not foot soilders WW1 has demonstrated, the use of mounted troops against modern weaponry as futile. Also that looks like pretty open ground to me, even on foot they are a easy target

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The conductor of a military band performs during the rehearsal ahead of the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 3, 2010. The annual sessions of China's top political advisory body and top legislature, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress, are to open respectively on Wednesday and Friday. (Reuters)

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Chinese soldiers patrol in front of the Great Hall of the People before the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, China, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Black-clad SWAT teams patrolled downtown Beijing on Wednesday and an AIDS group was ordered to cancel a seminar as part of China's security clampdown ahead of this week's opening of the national legislature's annual session. (AP)

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Firemen stand with their fire extinguishers on Tiananmen Square during the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing March 3, 2010. The annual sessions of China's top political advisory body and top legislature, the CPPCC and the National People's Congress, are to open respectively on Wednesday and Friday.(Reuters)

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A paramilitary policeman checks a man's bag outside the Forbidden City, near the Great Hall of the People, the venue of the National People's Congress or parliament, in Beijing March 3, 2010. (Reuters)

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Military delegates arrive at the Great Hall of the People prior to the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing March 3, 2010. The annual sessions of China's top political advisory body and top legislature, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress, are to open respectively on Wednesday and Friday. (Reuters)

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BEIJING - SWAT policemen stands guard on Beijing's Chang'an Avenue on March 1, 2010 in Beijing, China. Beijing has intensified police numbers to ensure public safety during the upcoming annual plenary sessions of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and China's National People's Congress, which are set to start at the Great Hall of the People on March 3 and March 5 respectively.

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