As pressure mounts, ISIS militants hide behind kids

[Jefferson23]

WASHINGTON -- The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is increasingly using human shields -- particularly children -- to prevent the U.S.-led coalition from carrying out airstrikes in key areas such as Ramadi, according to a senior Obama administration official who briefed reporters at the White House.

Fighters are even using children as escorts while maneuvering in the street in order to exploit U.S. rules of engagement, which are intended to avoid collateral damage.

Despite that the U.S. is able to kill a mid-to-high level ISIS leader "every two days or so," but the ISIS shield tactic complicates a U.S. military operation that the Pentagon likes to call "the most precise air campaign in the history of war."


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/isis-children-human-shields-iraq-syria-us-airstrikes-civilian-casualties/

[Herman4747]

1. How Low Can You Get???

"Limbo lower, how low can you go?"

[Jefferson23]

2. This includes placing anyone who atttacks them as being worse than ISIS while they use

the children..see what I mean? ISIS would like very much to point that out in their campaign.

War is the ugliest thing in the world.

[Jesus Malverde]

3. Latest Isis video show them playing a game with kids.

They hide a prisoner in a castle and send in a child to find and kill the tied up prisoner. I suspect the rules of engagement nonsense is cover for how ineffective we've been after a year of "fighting" ISIS. The real gains against the terrorists have been by the Russians. The liberation of homs is an example.