Rules of Engagement

In a slight mishap, US soldiers in Iraq accidentally murdered an Italian intelligence officer as he and another officer were escorting recently-freed journalist Giuliana Sgre to the airport.

While the soldiers shot at the Italians' car without cause or warning, they are entirely without fault, as they were dutifully following the standard rules of engagement in the Iraqi theater: if it moves, you can kill it.

If any punishment at all should applied to these endearing lads, it should be extra shooting practice. So that next time there will be no witnesses.