Although there is a 50/50 chance that this woman is part of a terrorism group, there's also the 50/50 chance that she's an innocent bystander. To kill an innocent civilian, or to stand by as his comrades are blast into nothing is a decision that would make even the wisest of men circling in thoughtless questions and possibilities.
Should Dillon shoot her and she be no more than a mother trying to get by, he would forever be in the spotlight as a cold-blooded murderer. However, should she be a terrorist and he stands by to watch his friends die without warning, the guilt of him knowing he could have prevented that will lay heavy on his shoulders.
Dillon already faces the fact that his superior has told him to not take a chance and simply shoot who he sees. By doubting himself, he's doubting his superior's orders and intuition.
Disobedience, plus the two possibilities that she be a terrorist or a civilian, are difficult things to weigh on a soldier's shoulder.
If anything, Dillon should shoot the area around her, startling her to either run- or to detonate what she had been so suspiciously covering up. In that sense, he'd be able to tell her motives in that moment, without too severe of a consequence.
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