Bombing with child decoys

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

Iraqi insurgents used children to get past a Baghdad checkpoint and then blew up their vehicle with the two youngsters still in the back seat, the U.S. military said Tuesday.

The weekend attack killed the children and three bystanders, Army Maj. Gen. Michael Barbero, with the Pentagon's Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a briefing.

He said the vehicle was initially stopped at the checkpoint.

"Children in the back seat lower suspicion. We let it move through," Barbero said. "They parked the vehicle. The adults run out and detonate it with the children in the back. So the brutality and ruthless nature of this enemy hasn't changed. I mean, they are just interested in slaughtering Iraqi civilians to meet their ends."


Source:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-bomb21mar21,1,772933.story?track=rs

I'm waiting for the Rushes of the world to say this is Islam. It is not. It is not Islam to commit suicide, either. The fact that they would use innocent children makes my heart sick. These people are so caught up in violence and hatred that they have forgotten the basic tenets of human decency.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Killing for "higher purpose" is one of the more dispicable acts of history.

Undoubtedly the killers will memorialize the kids as "martyrs". Much like the American military talks of "sacrifice" or "collateral damage".

“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy.” - Gandhi

[lectrobyte]

2. I'm not saying this is psy-op propaganda, but it could be.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. LA Times was only source

that didn't include a caveat about this story. Others, including International Herald Tribune and NY Times, said the story hadn't been confirmed. Personally, I can't think of ANY religion that would be perverted to do this sort of thing.