Wuterich told investigators in February last year that he believed he was taking small-arms fire from a house close to the explosion so he told a four-man team to treat the building and its occupants as hostile, meaning they did not need to identify the occupants as being insurgents before opening fire."I told them to shoot first, ask questions later," he told investigators.
According to the Rules of Engagement, if he perceived a threat particularly small arms fire from that house he was well within the rules taught to him to attack it in that manner.
“meaning they did not need to identify the occupants as being insurgents before opening fire.”
Them not NEEDING to identify them as insurgents before opening fire means the same as an order to kill everyone, even if they are surrendering ?
Is there a rule of engagement these days that orders soldiers to “take no prisoners” ?