Except that they weren't obviously unarmed. Not only where they not obviously unarmed, they appeared to be armed.
Look at the 4 minute mark. That sure as shit looks like an RPG. The crew thought the group was armed. Ergo, they were cleared to engage. This wasn't a war crime...and the allegation that it was just makes people look ridiculous. On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:05 PM, <valdis.kletni...@vt.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:44:44 PDT, Mike Hale said: >> Seriously! Think about the injustice of having American helicopters >> engage armed individuals shadowing American soldiers. > > Shooting at "armed individuals" is one thing. If it's "civilians and Reuters > employees" who *aren't* obviously armed, it's something else. > > -- 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/