[xzins]

See #16, 30, 40.

IED drops are part of a mindset, Dev6. (Are you a commander?)

The purpose of the drop is to CATCH the insurgent, but you can bet it was mentioned that they also make any kill look righteous.

In this case, they saw the bad guy do bad things and then run. They took out a real bad guy and supposedly planted IED material on him.

Who did they fear would not believe them that this was a “good” kill in the first place?

I can’t get back to this until later. Gotta scoot for a bit.

[SevenMinusOne]

From what I'm reading - It seems Sgt. Evan Vela, 23 is saying he was told to plant an AK-47 on a KIA (that is not IED materials). Such is not taught nor prodded by AWG.

This guy was killed after stumbling upon their hide site (which, if he posed a threat while doing so...made it a righteous kill - No need for the AK-47 placement...IF, that is what happened).

Now, why are our guys second and triple guessing themselves....Because of out of control, "I want to be relevant" JAGs.

JAGs and DEM Congress are costing us in this WOT. No doubts.