Bait and Kill?

[Personally I am appalled by this report. We invade Iraq, destroy its economy, and then set 'rat traps' so that we can kill suspected resistors to us. Possibly hungry Iraqis are scavenging for whatever they can find of value? Kill them? Ed Kent]

Snipers Baited and Killed Iraqis, Soldiers Testify
By PAUL von ZIELBAUER
Army snipers have begun using fake weapons and bomb-making
material as bait and then killing anyone who picks them up.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/25/world/middleeast/25abuse.html?th&emc=th
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