The allegations reflect warnings by the US military that the insurgents are skilled in adopting new tactics and willing to use women or children as suicide bombers as they seek to bypass increased security measures and bounce back from losses in recent US-led offensives.The military also this month presented videos it said were seized from suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq showing militants training children to kidnap and kill. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.