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Originally Posted by Cdt Matteo In Iraq, those cowardly insurgents are massacering Iraqi civillians by the dozens each time, which leads to the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis dead. These guerilla fighters use something called 'hugging'. This means that they stick very close to civillians to try to blend in with them and use them as shields. This racks in a lot of civillian casualties. This also means that the coalitions forces have a hard time finding out who is who.
In both there is going to be civillian casualties, no escaping it. However you can lower it though. |
This is well known, and nothing new as the Viet Cong used exactly the same tactics with the knowledge that the media coverage would undermine the American campaign.
However as in My Lai incident, this film and link suggests the Civilians including small children were not collateral damage caused by shrapnel or long range gunfire, but were deliberately killed out of rage owing to the continued gun shot wounds from short range.
On May 9, Sergeant Sanick Dela Cruz, who received immunity in return for testimony, testified that he watched Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich shoot five Iraqis who were attempting to surrender. Cruz further testified that both he and Wuterich fired into the bodies of the five after they were dead, and that he had urinated on one of the dead Iraqis
Looking at this the other way around, what happens if this was your family would you not be asking some questions? If there is any truth to it then it seems that this sort of behaviour simply recruits insurgents.