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US snipers 'bait' Iraqis: report

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — US military snipers in Iraq are "baiting" Iraqis by scattering items such as detonation cord, plastic explosives and ammunition, and then ambushing and killing those who pick them up, The Washington Post reported Monday.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman declined to comment on the Post story, which reported such actions were being taken at the urging of Pentagon experts on special operations.

But Whitman did say the US military rules of engagement "certainly recognize and reflect the values of this nation."

An army official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of secrecy rules, said he could not rule out that snipers were using bait such as detonation cords or blasting camps to lure out and kill suspected insurgents.

"This is not indiscriminate and there are rules of engagement," the official told AFP.

"This is usually done in locations where people are looking to harm soldiers," he said, suggesting the bait was left inside or on the perimeter of US military "locations" to target insurgents trying to steal ammunition and materiel.

The newspaper said the classified program was uncovered in documents related to recently filed murder charges against three snipers accused of planting evidence on Iraqis they killed.

"Baiting is putting an object out there that we know they will use, with the intention of destroying the enemy," Captain Matthew Didier, the leader of an elite sniper scout platoon, said in a sworn statement.

"Basically, we would put an item out there and watch it," Didier continued.

"If someone found the item, picked it up and attempted to leave with the item, we would engage the individual as I saw this as a sign they would use the item against US forces."

In documents obtained by The Post from family members of the accused soldiers, Didier said members of the Pentagon's Asymmetric Warfare Group visited his unit in January and later handed over ammunition boxes filled with the "drop items" to be used "to disrupt ... attempts at harming coalition forces and give us the upper hand in a fight."

Eugene Fidell, president of the National Institute of Military Justice, called for an investigation of any baiting program.

"In a country that is awash in armaments and magazines and implements of war, if every time somebody picked up something that was potentially useful as a weapon, you might as well ask every Iraqi to walk around with a target on his back," Fidell said in the Post article.

Soldiers said that about a dozen platoon members were aware of the program, and that numerous others knew about the "drop items" but did not know their purpose, The Post reported.
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It's no wonder they love us so much.

I know if i saw any of those items laying around i would pick that **** up and leave with it.

 
Well you wouldn't actually leave...your head would be blown off. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 
if i were a military trained killing machine with no respect for another human life i guess this sounds like fun....since im not i guess its a little sad....

although if we knew for sure that all those people would do is take the bait with intentions to kill another american, then i could care less. have fun snipers.

 
Eugene Fidell, president of the National Institute of Military Justice, said such a baiting program should be examined "quite meticulously" because it raises troubling possibilities, such as what happens when civilians pick up the items.
"In a country that is awash in armaments and magazines and implements of war, if every time somebody picked up something that was potentially useful as a weapon, you might as well ask every Iraqi to walk around with a target on his back," Fidell said.
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um mayby im stupid, but if im walking around and see a pile of plastic explosives, i would walk the other direction
but thats just me...
hahah yes unless i was going to kill someone (like an american) then i dont think i would even go near a pile of explosives

 
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