A couple of news outlets are now reporting some disturbing news.  Witnesses apparently say that when the troops arrived, they called out on a loudspeaker to clear the area, because there was a report of a bomb.

After that, some of the soldiers gave candy to some children, attracting a crowd to one of the humvees.  Then a car burst out of an alley and detonated.

It very much raises the question -- why were they handing out candy to kids when they hadn't secured the area even to the extent of looking down alleyways?  At a minimum, some new procedures need to be in place to prevent children from being exposed to this level of danger -- particularly since this isn't the first time.  Last September, 35 children were killed in a similar incident.

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