A Sea Of Red

Hypodermic syringes are hidden below the surface pointing upwards to prick bomb squad experts as they hunt for devices.

The heroin needles are feared to be contaminated with hepatitis and HIV. And if the bomb goes off, the needles become deadly flying shrapnel.

The tactic, used in the Afghan badlands of Helmand, was exposed by Tory MP and ex-Army officer Patrick Mercer.

Senior backbencher Mr Mercer said yesterday: "Are there no depths to which these people will stoop? This is the definition of a dirty war."


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Not that I would put anything past these guys, but that headline absolutely reeks of yellow journalism. Notice that at no point do they say the needles have been tested and actually found to contain HIV or anything else; just that they are "feared to be contaminated". Makes for a nice buzz phrase to draw people to your website.