By tomorrow the headlines will be..*US Troops Slaughtered 46 Iraqis*...
And injured a civilian in the attack..
I may have misread your questions about the two convoys, wondering which had the money. According to Steve Centanni, 4th Infantry Division officials said that the enemies set up a road block for one of the convoys ~ he didn't specify the east or west convoy ~ then attacked the convoy from the roof of nearby buildings. I think Steve said that both convoys responded, so I'm assuming they communicated as soon as the one convoy approached the roadblock, and they both responded to the enemy at roughly the same time.
No matter how fancy the weapons, or pajamas, if you don't have the heart, courage and training, it's a suicide mission against US troops.
Give that hubby of yours a big thanks from Florida.