America is not the center of everyone's universe.

The people who are most affected by this news are the people who live in the region. They are the ones whose opinions matter most, not ours.

"Sure, some non-combatants will be killed" is the arrogant reply of a careless blunderbuss. Oops! Dead children and old people! That's the way the cookie crumbles. But we're the good guys, so it's OK.

Perhaps it's not OK with those who live there.

Does it not occur to you that someone has to strip combatants of their weapons in order to disguise their status? Who is doing this, and why? The local people are doing this. If, as the press release to which you linked says, the locals are cooperating with the efforts to bomb terrorist cells in their midst, then why would they disguise corpses of their enemies?