Posted on 10/26/2009 9:07:18 AM PDT by ConfidentConservative
"KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A 12-year-old boy caught in the act as he placed a homemade bomb under a road in the volatile Zhari District on Friday grabbed a baby as a human shield to protect himself from attack from the U.S. helicopter that had spotted him. The incident, in an area where U.S. forces operate under Canadian command, appears to be part of an ominous and growing Taliban strategy to use youngsters to act as lookouts, carry out attacks or as human shields, because they know that NATO rules of engagement make troops extremely reluctant to open fire in such situations."
(Excerpt) Read more at canada.com ...
Will OUR media cover this?
Don't hold your breath!
They use the weapons we hand them.
This is the muslim abortion program.
Hitler increasingly used children near the end, including as “kamikaze troops”, as the Battle for Berlin progressed. They were the only ones who still believed him....They were the only ones left.
They seem to be taking a page from American street gangs.
As long as our troops are prohibited from killing the Taliban WHEREVER they are hiding, such actions will only increase.
What do Democrats care? Dead people are good for the environment.
Hmm... okay so the extreme Taliban use children bombers, the really nice Taliban just use rockets and mortars. I guess the moderates are the ones that only use adult suicide bombers? Let’s give those guys a voice in the government.
Yes and IF we continue this train of thought...
We have gangs and murders killing people in our Cities, wounding and killing our children, Obama should have them in government too...
“Obama should have them in government too”
Too late.
You beat me to it.
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