Originally posted by Viss1:
...I'm aware that many insurgents have booby-trapped themselves or their wounded comrades, etc., and this theoretically could have been one of those instances. But from reading all the reports, it doesn't seem likely.
How can a soldier in a combat situation tell for sure? All it takes to spill some serious doubt on the situation is a hunched-over body or an arm behind a back.
I seriously doubt each detachment has a guy hauling a mess of sandbags and a sapper available to properly check each enemy casualty for booby-traps.
Do you leave him for the next squad to stumble upon and potentially maul/main with an IED or grenade?
Again, it's a brutal and unsettling practice, but when has modern war realistically been a gentry engagement of sensibilities, ethics and strict rules? Out of all the reasonable alternatives, a quick shot to the head may be the only safe choice.
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