When dealing with an entity that commits cloaked military style actions, against unsuspecting civilian targets, you are no longer dealing with Human Beings, you are dealing with Animals.
They may look human, but their actions say otherwise.
And as I Pointed out, it is inhuman to let concern for an animal like that cost the lives of innocents.....
I can't agree with that. An animal acts on instinct, not premeditated reasoning.
No matter if they are misguided, wrong, acting from hatred, or many other reasons, they are still human.
In any case I wouldn't condone the torture of an animal either.
While there is a difference between soldiers in the military, to be treated under the Geneva convention, and terrorists, there is NO justification, IMO, not even close, for torture.