In a message dated 7/4/99 9:50:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ayonge@yahoo.com 
writes:

<< ##Stupid. With modern forensics they'd ID the racial
 type within a day or two. Weapons and supplies would
 be traced back to the source. The people of Nerima
 might NOT know immediately who is invading. People
 being shot at often don't know who's shooting at them.
 And don't care. The point is, there is NO WAY to hide
 the identity for very long. And no point in it.  >>
     First, although they can tell racial type, they can't tell nationality.  
This may have something to do with the fact that there are only a few truly 
identifiable racial types, or with the fact that all racial groups can be 
found in at several countries.
     Second, while you can trace the weaponry back to its source(s), you 
can't tell who is using them.  This is because many weapons are not used by 
only one country and you can't easily find out what nation bought any given 
group weapons.  (In fact, it can sometimes be impossible to figure out who 
bought the weapons, as they might have used several fronts in other countries 
to buy the weapons...)
     Considering what is established in the fic itself, I'd say that the arms 
used are likely from several different arms manufacturers, all of whom sell 
to several different nations.  It's also likely that many of the people 
themselves are mercenaries, to make it even harder to trace the strike to its 
source.


          --Ryo Hoshi