""They WERE THERE to scout out in advance the ground through which US Troops were going to patrol and take-out any opposition doing exactly as this crowd was doing, setting up an attack or an ambush.""

Got your mind reading ability sorted then?

You know what their intentions were?
You know that they were aware of the approaching troops, though they were not(according to you) aware of the choppers circling the area. I wear specs, but I'm still pretty sure that a chopper circling slowly at a three mile range would catch my eye.
You believe that men setting up an ambush would naturally stroll about without seeking cover of any description, and gather in a bunch on a street corner for a quiet chat while the choppers circled in view.

Insurgents that bloody stupid have survived since 2003?....Pull the other one you MUPPET!

You are just another Nazi apologist who believes the ends justify the means, as long as it is others doing the dying, but when they plant IEDs for your boys, that's different isn't it.

There are terrorists and murderers on both sides of this conflict, and it's the other side that seems to be more honest about it.

That says everything about why the USA refused to join the International Criminal Court. There wouldn't be any way they could cover arses then.

Don T.