Western jets are just one of many threats for civilians living under Isis, who have reported snipers picking off those trying to flee, and the use of locals as human shields, tactics that make them more vulnerable to coalition bombs.
China's insufficient artillery, armor, and air support meant that Peng was forced to rely heavily on human wave tactics until the summer of 1951: stealthy fireteams attacked in column against weak points in enemy defenses, hoping that surprise, attrition and perseverance would break the enemy lines.
(Slav civilians suffered too; they have been forced to leave mixed villages).From the rebels' viewpoint, their human-shield tactics serve a double purpose: either the Macedonian government's forces feel obliged to restrain their fire, or they carry on with it and strengthen the rebels' moral case.
Some accounts even claimed that Peng invented the human wave tactic under the name "short attack" in order to exploit his manpower advantage.
German agents in the US are suspected of infecting cattle and horses bound for France with glanders, a disease which can fatally spread to humans; similar tactics were used by the Germans against the Russians, causing breakdowns in their ability to move artillery on the Eastern Front.
But over the years the group became little more than a criminal enterprise famous for its cruel tactics, human rights groups say, like holding civilians as human shields as well as using child soldiers and female suicide bombers.
After Boras forced him onto the open market with Guantanamo-like tactics, human rights activists from Goldman Sachs had to intervene.
Do we blame training, tactics, human error, the disorienting force of street chaos?
Watson has consistently better reaction time on the buzzer once it has generated a response, and is immune to human players' psychological tactics.
