Dave Bryant - LOL!

Teribus, yes, your excuses are indeed pretty lame. According to the UK troops their machine was clearly marked, flying a flag and carrying US-issue target-protection kit. And visibility was perfect - they could see the pilot's face. The plane made three passes, firing on the second and third, with Iraqi civilians in obvious close proximity.

Of course if visibility seemed hopeless to the pilot, and he couldn't be sure where he was or what he was aiming at, and thought the civilians were Scuds, or he'd been asleep, then obviously it was safest to kill everything in sight.