I will vouch for your point #3 and regarding the cluster bombs.
The "soldier" lying dead has been proven to be a dead isuragent that was dressed in a captured uniform and a capture m16 these were captured earlier in the war.
As for the damage that cluster bombs do to the human body. They are devestating a small child would be all but shreaded (sorry for the graphic commentary) that picture is not of a child that was hit by a cluster bomb. ( I worked with cluster bombs in the service and i am familiar with that damage they cause.)
That's what I thought re: cluster bombs and her face looks untouched, doesn't it?
Thanks for the info on the stage soldier photo.
i have to disagree with your assesment regarding the cluster bomb damage. it could be acluster bomb killing her:
1: "Clusterbomb" covers a wide range of different munition types.
2: We have no way of knowing the distance away from the canter of detonation she was, it could just be a few pieces of shrapnel hitting her.
Believe you me, there is no "standard" damage from any weapon type, except maybe a 45 to the head :-)