"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:06:54 GMT, Don White
wrote:


Who you gonna believe?

neither - i wasnt and didnt see it happen.

probably a combination of the two stories is more likely the truth. a
stupid trooper over reacting to something the canadians did that they
usually don't do.

If you read the whole article, the reason for the shots was that the
Canadian car was attempting to pass the convoy. This is a usual practice of
suicide bombers. There was a sign on the military vehicles that said "Do
not pass". After hand signals were ignored and warning shots fired bullets
were directed into the engine block and one missed and went thru the lower
portion of the front window. You know an automatic rifle has a tendency to
travel UP as the shots are fired.

Military vehicles tend to travel very slow (25MPH) allowing them to avoid
many obstacles safely.

My objection to the article is that this information is provided too far
into the piece. Most of you didn't bother to read the entire article and
jumped to the conclusion that it was a trigger happy soldier.