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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
I am not sure I agree with your statement that IEDs were targeting combatants not civilians.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-device-deaths
IEDs are a terror weapon, they are the poor mans carpet bombing.
With respect, I can't complete the mental gymnastics to get to where I don't see Omar as a being involved in a terrorist organization and by extension a terrorist (this sets aside the ####ing poor mess of a life he had prior to ending up in that organization). |
(a) that article only states that Taliban IEDs injured and killed both ISAF soldiers and civilians. It doesn't seem to provide any breakdown in terms of combatant casualties and civilian casualties; and
(b) the article is primarily discussing the post-2004 period when IEDs became far more prevalent in Afghanistan. Khadr was already in Guantanamo at that point.