Baiting the insurgents

Another ingenious idea of targeting insurgents in Iraq.

A Pentagon group has encouraged some U.S. military snipers in Iraq to target suspected insurgents by scattering pieces of “bait,” such as detonation cords, plastic explosives and ammunition, and then killing Iraqis who pick up the items, according to military court documents.

Of course, we can rest assured that only an insurgent would stop to look at plastic explosives and ammunition. …  It’s not like Iraqi people, particularly children, are curious by nature.

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