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[A-List] US forces 'lure Iraqis with (ammo & explosives as) bait'



"The US army has declined to confirm whether the "baiting" policy exists."

I wonder if children pick up these items as they do with cluster bomblets?

BBC: US forces 'lure Iraqis with bait'

A US Army officer said only enemy combatants would pick up the 'bait'
US Army snipers in Iraq are ordered to "bait" areas with explosives
and ammunition and then kill whoever picks them up, according to court
documents.

The classified programme is described in statements disclosed by
lawyers for three US soldiers accused of planting evidence on Iraqis
they had killed.



In full: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7012889.stm



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