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...Embedded reporting let us convey to our readers what was happening on a closer level,” said Barnes. “I heard the general confer with the colonel, the colonel with the lieutenant colonel, the lieutenant colonel with the major, all the way down to the soldier. I watched it trickle down. It allowed me to see how a battle is put together...
Barnes said that he watched a soldier kill an Iraqi child...
Although such an action would normally garner harsh criticism, Barnes said that he saw the event unfold and recognized that the soldier had no other choice...
Barnes said that only after trying to stop the child and firing warning shots did the soldier take aim and fire...
...soldier was obviously hurting,” he said, describing how difficult it was for the soldier to decide in less than a second whether to take the life of a child or ignore his orders...