Report clears U.S. in friendly fire incident

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

Perhaps response time of the soldiers comes into play? The fire the warning shot at 90 yards, and when the car gets to 65 yards the soldier gets the order from his superior to fire? Just a thought - I really have no idea.

Not the way the article words it. "used lethal force at 65 yards when the car failed to stop." Even accounting for some fudge factor and estimating, we're talking factor of 2.5 difference between what the numbers show and what the US is claiming. We're talking the difference between 65 yards away from the soldiers and under 20 yards away from the soldiers. That's a huge gulf between what the facts in the report show and what the US is claiming.