Thomas
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WELL, seems as though the Americans were right:
BUT
I still don't see why they had to go and kill the cleanup crew along with those kids, or run over the body and laugh about it.... :/
It was common practice in Iraq for insurgents to be dropped off and picked up by other insurgents in vehicles. When this happens the vehicle is considered an instrument of war. and the people in them as combatants. As was pointed out before the van was the same one that was parked about a block away at the mosque. they knew and most likely watched the attack happen. And then rushed to the scene with children.
As far as the cavalier attitude it is most likely the result of extended combat duty. Where you become desensitized to a certain extent.
If they had known there were children present. Or if the press had properly identified themselves by wearing the proper clothing. I am sure the pilots would have held their fire.