My initial reaction to this: Ho, ho, Terry's dictionary obviously doesn't include the word 'irony'.
Thinking about it though, the Taliban are constantly adapting their tactics
and this is possibly the first in a clever new line of attack. On the soft underbelly of liberal western democracies that is called Political Correctness.
Terry may actually be trying to be rather clever here, engineering splits between the various countries trying to eradicate him, using the 'PC / Human Rights / western liberal distress over civilian casualties' routine.
They may be wrong (IMNSHO) but unfortunately they aren't complete idiots.
Let's just hope that NATO and the UN don't take the bait...
CS