Well hang on, it was a reasonable question/hypothesis that JesseWZ brought up.
I'm not suggesting that in this particular instance this is what transpired. But, given that the enemy does have a supply of people willing to off themselves for their cause, it's not an outlandish thought to suggest that people are probing our responses either for the purpose of simple recce, or to instigate an instance in which ROE escalations result in the death of what appears to be a civilian noncombatant. The enemy knows that public perception is one of our greater weaknesses, and they know how to exploit that. Situations like that have certainly happened in Iraq. They know that one of the worst blows to our mission comes from stories appearing on CBC about Canadians killing civilians, so if they can fraudulently generate such situations, they come out ahead.
I don't think you need to jump on the guy for his comment. Though it's probably not what went down in this particular case, it's not a blisteringly idiotic idea, either.