Iraqi insurgents appear to have adopted a new tactic since the start of a security crackdown in Baghdad, using children in a suicide attack on Sunday, a senior Pentagon official said Tuesday.
Maj. Gen. Michael Barbero, deputy director for regional operations on the Joint Staff, told reporters that a vehicle was waved through a U.S. military checkpoint because two children were visible in the back seat.
"Children in the back seat lowered suspicion, (so) we let it move through, they parked the vehicle, the adults run out and detonate it with the children in the back," Barbero said.
"The brutality and ruthless nature of this enemy hasn't changed."
Just plain sick. This is the enemy we're fighting against. Well, some of us, anyway. The
I've said before that my Catholic religion teaches all life has intrensic value. And I do believe that. But I also believe that by your own actions, you can take away the value of your life. The terrorists have done just that. They have proven that the only good they will do in this world is when they die and their bodies provide food for worms, fertilizing the earth.
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