"It is however factual that those "civilians" WERE armed."

Not the ones in the Van ...


"As for the actions of the van driver, he knew or should have known that he should not remove anything or anybody from the scene, that should have been left to the authorities as Mr McCord says."


He was a trained soldier. They were civilians with no more idea of how to behave in a war zone than of how t recognize the sound of a 30mm cannon firing 600 rounds per minute from 5km away.


If I heard any sound from 5km away, I would not for one second consider associating it with devastation occurring around me as I am a civilian.


"No weapons were removed because they were not given the opportunity to do so."


No Teribus, you can see very clearly in the film that the driver tries to get going as soon as the injured man is loaded on board, and everyone else jumps on board as quick as possible.


That those people did not, as a group, quickly run to grab weapons, and that the driver did not wait for such an excursion serves as evidence which clearly and directly contradicts your assertion.