The full story can be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2025383,00.html
"As well as the obligatory Swiss army knives, the troops were armed with assault rifles - however, they had no ammunition"
They wouldn't be able to kill anyone, but those little scissors could give a nasty scratch that might get infected! Maybe it was a sabotage expedition, where they went around unscrewing signs and stuff?
