"The MNF and Iraqi troops on patrol on the ground weren't 5 kilometers away though were they Lox?"

And they didn't Obliterate the van.

The guys who did weren't in any danger.

And your attempts to wriggle and squirm and change the subject to hide the fact that your argument has been utterly picked to pieces, and your assessment of the facts has been shown to be utterly off the mark won't change that.

Maybe the apaches were loaded for bear?