This is true, and it seems to have been debunked...

But it's produced some real comedic gems in the comments.

I replied to this, but Slashdot appears to have eated it. :(

I said that a quick Google search doesn't disagree with anything you've said, though I must admit that I didn't look for too long, so I may have missed it.

I've never read the document myself, but several people are claiming that shooting at the van was a violation.

I've just done a quick Google search for it. I can't find anything that disputes what you've said (DISCLAIMER: I may have missed it). Though several people have commented that firing on the people getting the wounded out is a violation. I've never read it (which is why I've avoided talking about the conventions in all my comments), so I don't know.

I was wondering what the hell that guy was doing. I couldn't see correctly. It looked, and I have to say this, damnably suspicious. The funny thing is, if the guy was standing in the middle of the street taking photos, this might not have happened.

Ah. That's the best argument I've heard (admittedly, I've never actually ASKED anyone else, but still).

Hence my "normally". :P

I've always wondered what keeps the Geneva Convention enforced. As far as I can tell (DISCLAIMER: I'm probably wrong), if you break it, signatories will look at you funny. Nothing more.

The part where a) that's in the American Constitution, whereas these people were in Iraq b) they're in a warzone, where someone armed and not on your side is normally an enemy. Unless you were making another point?

That "outrageously" is the problem. I'm fairly sure it works averagely to well on armoured targets. On soft targets, it's like crushing a tomato with a meat tenderiser.

Yeah. Might not even be anyone related to the incident. Though it'll most likely be someone near Lt. Col. Bleichwehl, as he's the one that's connected to this case.

WikiLeaks commented that there was a possibility that at least one person had a weapon. What really got me was that they used a GUNSHIP on HUMAN TARGETS. Would have been much better if the Military had come out and said "Yeah, we fucked up bad." when it was first hinted at. But covering it up just makes it so SO much worse.

I got an eeePC 1000 with Xandros. First thing I TRIED to do was open a terminal. It failed. Miserably. The first thing I did on the MACHINE was install the eeePC Ubuntu kernel from array.org. Then, the first thing I actually DID was install Opera, get it connected, and surf the web while surfing the web (on my XP desktop). Taking pictures with both webcams was another amusement.