Military Faces Though Questions About Targeting ‘Hostile’ Children In Afghanistan
By Karen McVeigh, The Guardian
Friday, December 7, 2012 14:22 EST
The US military is facing fresh questions over its targeting policy in Afghanistan after a senior army officer suggested that troops were on the lookout for children with potential hostile intent.
In comments which legal experts and campaigners described as deeply troubling, army Lt Col Marion Carrington told the Marine Corp Times that children, as well as military-age males, had been identified as a potential threat because some were being used by the Taliban to assist in attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.
It kind of opens our aperture, said Carrington, whose unit, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, was assisting the Afghan police. In addition to looking for military-age males, its looking for children with potential hostile intent.
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