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    Default Soldiers Told Not to Shoot Taliban Bomb Layers

    Soldiers Told Not to Shoot Taliban Bomb Layers

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    Soldiers Told Not to Shoot Taliban Bomb Layers
    by Andy Bloxham
    The Telegraph

    BLUF. British soldiers who spot Taliban fighters planting roadside bombs are told not to shoot them because they do not pose an immediate threat, the Ministry of Defence has admitted. They are instead being ordered to just observe insurgents and record their position to reduce the risk of civilian casualties.

    A key part of the MoD’s counter-insurgency theory holds that it is more important to win over civilians by not killing innocent people than it is to eliminate every potential insurgent.

    Much more at The Telegraph

    This matter appears on The UK in Afg thread, posts 760-763: http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...t=7644&page=39

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