yes, it was that after that attack, our guys went out looking for the perps and were ambushed.
I'm a little surprised we haven't seen this tactic before now. I'm sure our forces will adjust their protocols of searching in order to guard against this happening again.
I guess, I'm wondering this:
Would a search have been necessary if our troops manning checkpoints were allowed to act more quickly? Perhaps the first soldier, at the checkpoint, would still be alive or, perhaps, the original perps would have been killed on the spot.
Perhaps the insurgents, who prefer soft target, never would have attacked in the first place, if they knew they had little chance of succeeding.