Orders For British Troops In Afghanistan : No Shooting Of The Enemy, You'll Wake Up The Locals

Photo: Sgt Peter Rayner ...killed in Helmand

Don’t Shoot Taliban..You’ll Wake Locals -- The Sun

Marine’s diary reveals bizarre order to Brit troops

SOLDIERS were banned from shooting Taliban fighters planting mines - to avoid waking Afghan locals, a former Royal Marine has revealed.

Craig Smith, 36, said US military chiefs routinely frustrated frontline forces by ordering them to exercise "courageous restraint".

Troops were even told they could be charged with MURDER if they shot anyone without permission from command.

Dad-of-one Craig lifted the lid on "outrageous" orders issued to troops in a diary of his six-month tour of Afghanistan's treacherous Helmand province with 40 Commando.

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My Comment: After reading this outrage, it is not a surprise to then read this. Many other countries were unprepared for Afghanistan, but the Brits with their significant position in Afghanistan were clearly not ready for this war.