WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (AP): Army snipers hunting insurgents in Iraq were under orders to "bait" their targets with suspicious materials, such as detonation cords, and then kill whoever picked up the items, according to the defence attorney for a soldier accused of planting evidence on an Iraqi he killed. Gary Myers, an attorney for Sgt. Evan Vela, said Monday his client had acted "pursuant to orders."
Myers and Vela's father, Curtis Carnahan of Idaho Falls, Idaho, said in separate interviews that sworn statements and testimony in the cases of two other accused Ranger snipers indicate that the Army has a classified programme that encourages snipers to "bait" potential targets and then kill whoever takes the bait.
US snipers accused of 'baiting' Iraqis
FE Team | Published: September 26, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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