U.S. snipers allegedly 'baited' Iraqis

U.S. snipers allegedly 'baited' Iraqis

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Army snipers hunting insurgents in Iraq were under orders to "bait" their targets with suspicious materials, such as detonation cords, and then kill whoever picked up the items, according to the defense attorney for a soldier accused of planting evidence on an Iraqi he killed.

Gary Myers, an attorney for Sgt. Evan Vela, said Monday his client had acted "pursuant to orders."

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[edit on 24-9-2007 by UM_Gazz]

This is out of control to have programs like this being perpetrated on civilians. What will they do over here?
I was going to quote a particular sentance of this story. The whole story is totally Un-American.


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Well, mr. Bush stated that they are killing at least 1,500 insurgents every month. What do you think they will do when they run out of insurgents... they can't let the kill score go down now can they. They just have to alter their definitions enough to include curious civillians.