Well,its not the question of right or wrong here.Its more of a
question of who walks out of the area alive.And I would say that if
during war,I'm engaged by women and children,regardeless of age,I
will not hesistate to return fire and kill them.
(1)I am a combatant,and they jolly well should have been out of the
combat area.
(2)They know that in a conflict,any personnel armed and not wearing
the same uniform as us is fair game.
(3)The moment they pick up arms,they are certain and know what sort
of danger they are going to face and will be facing.
Its a very simple scenario basically,you don't expect someone not
to return fire when fired upon.In fact,in a combat zone,the moment
someone levels his weapon at you,I would suggest that you take
him/her down immediately rather then let him/her pose a threat to
you or your fellow comrades.