"Don White" wrote in message
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Jeff Rigby wrote:
"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.





Look again...at the Canadian version.
The convoy had 'pulled over behind a waist high concrete barrier' before
the Canadian vehicle attempted to pass.
http://www.herald.ns.ca/World/481611.html
Something is wrong with the descriptions of the incident as the shot went
through the FRONT windshield (from the front) so the car was coming on to
the convoy, not from the side.


Here's a cartoon that sums it up...
kinda reminds me of this newsgroup...
http://www.hfxnews.com/index.cfm?sid=3896&sc=10