ANYONE who ever seriously contemplates the use of torture has put themselves outside the pale of humanity. And anyone who assists them, or turns a blind eye, or voices support, is equally guilty. That includes terrorist organisations, states, police forces, armies, and individuals.

The murders are clearly designed to provoke the occupying forces, either as policy or just at platoon level, into taking retaliatory actions which will be almost inevitably against the wrong people. Another turn of the screw.