Terrorists in Iraq Use Children as Decoys and Kill Them

KXNet News ^ | March 20 2007

[jmc1969]

A senior U.S. military officer says insurgents in Iraq used two children to help them pass a coalition checkpoint in Baghdad in recent days, and then detonated a car bomb, killing the children. The officer reported the incident during a news conference at the Pentagon, and VOA’s Al Pessin reports.

Major General Michael Barbero says this is the first time he has heard of insurgents using what he called this brutal and ruthless technique.

“We saw a vehicle with two children in the back seat come up to one of our checkpoints, get stopped by our folks, the children in the back seat lowered suspicion, we let it move through,” he said. “They parked the vehicle, the adults ran out and detonated with the children in the back.”

[oakcon]

Disgusting, but not at all surprising. Suicide bombers in Israel clutch babies to their chests both so they wont be shot, and to take the baby to paradise.

[saganite]

The MSM calls them resistance fighters.

[Clara Lou]

I was going to call them barbarians. But that would be a compliment.

[elpinta]

And if they get caught they risk getting panties on their heads.... such "men" this "brave" parasites are.

[Lacey13]

I would say that the cubs mother is somewhat like humans in that they ignore them after birth.

[Lacey13]

Sorry for the post. My screen went crazy.

[crazyhorse691]

I was going to call them barbarians. But that would be a compliment.

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Attila the Hun thanks you...even barbarians have rules.

[Tzimisce]

...great patriots, just like the people people who made the US...only American patriots didn't kill children and use gas bombs....kill civilians...stuff like that...

[BykrBayb]

We love our children. Hell, we even love their children. If these children been allowed to grow up, they would have become our enemies, and yet, we mourn their loss. We cannot understand how any parent could fail to love their own children. And we don't really want to understand.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Nothing these sickos do any more surprises me.

[pacpam]

The twist will be that the kids were kidnapped from their 'enemy' parents.

[rob21]

Remember that the liberal traitors want to let these terrorist scumbags win the war just so that they can make our President look bad. If the terrorists win, more innocent people will be slaughtered by the Islamofascists.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Yep. These people are absolutely not people. They are pure evil incarnate.

[freekitty]

Peaceful religion?

[SaxxonWoods]

Cindy Sheehan's freedom fighters at work.

If she can find them, she can award them with the pink star for Creative Resistance in Speaking Truth to Power.

[lonestar67]

I know I keep saying this but I continue to be amazed at how many incredible pieces of information appear on free republic and I think-- who posted this?

70% of the time jmc1969-- what a great public service.


I think this information is critical because it demonstrates the success of the surge in a perverse yet signficant way.

The fact that these amoral predators would now begin to use children to get past checkpoints shows that the general crackdown is working.

It is important for all of us to be aware in our public discussions of the surge effectiveness to explain these anecdotes.

Because even if such monsters were able to raise general statistics of bombings up to pre surge levels-- it still speaks to a sense of desperation and cruelty that exists with the anti americans and anti iraqis.

If we are failing, why do our opponents have to strap children in the back seat to win with a bomb blast? That is a difficult question for any anti surge person to answer and goes to the heart of the matter rather than the mundane statistics.

[joshhiggins]

The MSM calls them resistance fighters.

In this case they referred to them as "the adults".

[ronnie raygun]

Ah, The party of God, such compassion, such a joy for life, DISPICABLE ANIMALS!

[PGalt]

I'm convinced.

If Mt. Rushmore hasn't been blown to smithereens within 50 years, Robert Spencer's likeness should be on it.

...third item down the page right now but that may change...

http://www.jihadwatch.org/

Hooray Robert Spencer!

[Recovering_Democrat]

A senior U.S. military officer says insurgents in Iraq used two children to help them pass a coalition checkpoint in Baghdad in recent days, and then detonated a car bomb, killing the children.

Code Pinkos and the bulk of Democrats want Americans out of Iraq. You see, once we leave those murderers will see the error of their ways and quit killing innocents. < \sarcasm>

[Beckwith]

Liberals are always talking about America maintaining the "moral high ground" as a means of defending and protecting terrorists from the kinds of treatment and interrogations they so richly deserve.

Liberals even want them to have full protection under United States Constitution.

This behavior, un-assing the vehicle and leaving small children in it to be blown to smithereens, is just another indicator that no matter what we did to or with these savages, we would maintain the moral high ground.

There is no barbarity of which these religious serial murders are not capable and should be treated accordingly.

[Biggirl]

This does not suprise me at all. The monsters will use children, babies, the challenged, and even real animals for their disgusting deeds. This is the age we are living in.

[Biggirl]

This does not suprise me at all. The monsters will use children, babies, the challenged, and even real animals for their disgusting deeds. This is the age we are living in.