Military Faces Though Questions About Targeting ‘Hostile’ Children In Afghanistan

[Purveyor]

By Karen McVeigh, The Guardian
Friday, December 7, 2012 14:22 EST

The US military is facing fresh questions over its targeting policy in Afghanistan after a senior army officer suggested that troops were on the lookout for “children with potential hostile intent”.

In comments which legal experts and campaigners described as “deeply troubling”, army Lt Col Marion Carrington told the Marine Corp Times that children, as well as “military-age males”, had been identified as a potential threat because some were being used by the Taliban to assist in attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.

“It kind of opens our aperture,” said Carrington, whose unit, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, was assisting the Afghan police. “In addition to looking for military-age males, it’s looking for children with potential hostile intent.”

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[Marinedem]

1. Another sick reality of war.

In a way, it's a brilliant strategic move on the Taliban's part, as sick as it is.

Use tools of low suspicion (Kids), wait for the US to issue a statement about plausible threat/kill one, and rake it the support.

Fucking pieces of shit.

It was bad enough, but now these assholes have no objection to sending a small child into the teeth of American guns.

[steve2470]

2. "though" should be tough, so much for proofreading nt