look at the after action report

Post #324,110 by boxley 4/6/10 8:17:49 AM Reply	look at the after action report no coverup. The ground patrol was taking fire. Instead of unassing the area the reporters and unnamed others were moving towards the ground patrol. (reporters do that) what looked like a weapon was spotted. Again this is not your local sherrif stopping a dodgy looking car. Their job was to remove ANY threats to the patrol. War is not policing. If you are uncomfortable about what happened do your best to have the troops removed from the warzone. Dont ask them to be killed on your behalf because it is fugly. What coverup? I read the after action reports and they were a clear writeup of what you saw on the tape. Under the rules of engagement the actions were reasonable If we torture the data long enough, it will confess. (Ronald Coase, Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences, 1991)
Post #324,123 by jay 4/6/10 12:03:13 PM Reply	Not the soldiers The guys in the helicopter made a mistake when the mistook the cameras for weapons, a tragic one but one that will happen in a war zone. They may have gone over the line when the opened fire on the van, since there where no visible threats at that point, but I don't know what the rules of engagement they where under says exactly. The cover up was the military's claim that they didn't know what happened to the Reuters camera crew and that the attack made by the helicopter on that date was made on insurgents. Looking at the time line closer though, it does look like those two claims where made before the full military investigation was done. So it may be the case that the military took the helicopter crew's statements at full value before the investigation, and then after simply tried to say as little as possible once they realized the entire engagement was a mistake. I've been trying to read the Centcom documents, but they seem jammed up today. Jay
Post #324,153 by jake123 4/6/10 7:56:22 PM Reply	There's one way in which you're not quite right, Box it's not a war any more... it's an occupation.
Post #324,183 by boxley 4/7/10 11:02:02 AM Reply	So quit tazering kaybeckers :-) If we torture the data long enough, it will confess. (Ronald Coase, Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences, 1991)

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