"...he did make the same assertions regarding the Mirror photographs, " I don't think I did actually.

I think the only time I even mentioned those photographs was in a post where I said: "I note that the people involved have been sure to try to stay unidentifiable - in contrast to the US version. (That could seem to suggest that the US lot were assuming that what they were up to was OK with the authorities, but the British weren't. But there could be other reasons for that difference.)"

"Other reasons" intentionally indicated an element of doubt on my part about the authenticity of the photos - as I seem to remember Teribus picked up in a subsequent post.

True enough, I do believe that in this case the US military are trying to mislead, and to cover up for a bad mistake. One reason for this is that in a similar incident in Afghanistan when a wedding party was simlarly attacked with even higher massive loss of life (54 killed, 120 wounded), the military authorities persisted in trying to deny what had been done, in face of the evidence. According to recent mainstream media reports, there has still been no apology for that incident.

This link contains a summary of that episode -Accountability Ignored in Kakrak Errant Bombing. There are quotes from the military in the report, dated July 11th 2002, which are essentially similar to what Kimmitt has been saying.