"OK the period was July 2007, what has been Reuters subsequent coverage of this story? Had they thought that anything was amiss they would have been screaming it from the roof-tops for over two-and-a-half years by now. They haven't - ask yourself WHY??"

They did. From 2007.

The problem here Teribus is this war happened where ordinary people live. For all your slightly hysterical defence of this atrocity (even defending the shooting of unarmed people) you can't seem to accept that this was simply wrong. They didn't look at the helicopter because they probably didn't know it was there; the van driver went to the aid of Nameer Noor-Eldeen out of compassion and a desire to help and in all likelihood would not have driven his children into the path of a trigger-happy cowboy had he known it was there.

From the transcript:

"Well it's their fault for bringing their kids into a battle."

Defend that comment - I dare you. This could have been said in any theatre of war since the year dot and it would still be wrong, unless you sanction the killing of children in battles.

You said: "On that van, the time difference between the first phase of shooting ending and the van pulling up was just over one minute"

How far can you travel in a van in a minute? A mile? Half a mile in city streets? In a van half a mile away when the shooting happened in a built up area and you expect the guy to drive past a dying man?

From the Press Gazette.

At the word each fiend advances,
Iraq's blood yet dimmed their lances;
Entering hamlet, town or village,
Marked their way with blood and pillage.

Some things don't change and it seems so many are unable to learn from history.