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WASHINGTON - 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."
Originally posted by DJMessiah
I can't even begin to explain what's wrong with this. Whoever thought of this method as some fool proof way of killing potential insurgents should be charged with war crimes.
How are they able to differentiate between a curious Iraqi who wants to know what a certain object is that's laying on the street and an insurgent? What if a child picked up the object, would they continue with their orders?
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[edit on 24-9-2007 by DJMessiah]
Originally posted by astmonster
Kill the enemy, as many as you can. How ever you can, as fast as you can.
Well I could understand why whole caches of weapons could used as bait or monitored for Intel purposes but I have to doubt the effectives of using a single weapon to lure in the enemy for the reasons that members have already outlined on this thread. Small bait only catches small fish and the catches that are worth frying are the insurgent leaders.
Originally posted by Duby78
Would you please tell us how do identify the enemy in this case? If he picks up a suspicious item (it might even look as something that isn't weapon; detonation cord is an example - people that aren't trained could mistake a spool of detonation cord for spool of electrical cord, as an example). I would bet most of these people are killed because of curiosity.
Oh, and by the way, if you don't know, there ARE some rules that MUST be obeyed even in the war. If you're a soldier and not a murderer and criminal of war, that is.
Originally posted by Malichai
Thats why you have a justice system and trials.
[edit on 29-9-2007 by Malichai]