""What do you think that they are trained to do? they are trained to observe and note movement, it is their operational function. If that van was on the move before and during that incident and it was approachiing the spot then the crews of the helicopters would have seen it and reported it.""

Ther might have been some mileage in this comment were it not for the fact that the arseholes were totally focussed on the men they were itching to kill, as evidenced by the fact that they hovered waiting to put more lead into any of the victims who showed any sign of life, and spent the last minutes of the action pleading with a dying man to "Please pick up a weapon, Any Weapon", and begging their controller (what a joke, they were out of control) for permission to fire.

They were so engrossed that they wouldn't have noticed anything on the road until it came into sight of the camera of the camera. That is why the first mention of the van is made as it comes to a halt.

Even if it had been parked round the corner, they should have noticed it sooner than that. They saw only what was in their gunsights.

And I don't give a flying fuck what you think of me, Teribus, because I don't think your opinion as to the proper treatment of foreigners has much, if anything, to do with military procedure. Your views obviously correspond rather well with those of the men who were tried at Nuremberg.

Don T.