Some context for the videos.
Soldiers on Operation
Ilaaj on that fateful day had been taking fire from RPGs and
small arms in the vicinity.
Anyone who carries something resembling a weapon is fair game in
the rules of engagement.
The van that arrived about five minutes later to evacuate the
casualties had two children sitting in the front seat ?! Very
strange !
Why are they carrying children to the battlezone?
The Reuters staff were not journalists. The two were a camera
man and his assistant. They were not embedded with the US army. The
Army did not know of their presence in the battle zone.
The videos which are 1 to 5 minutes long were heavily edited. If
looked hard enough, can see that there were two men tagging behind
the Reuters staff who carried something that resembled AK-47s.
Troops dispatched to investigate did found some weapons. Apart
from the camera, RPG launchers and a round and AK-47s were also
found near the bodies of those killed.
