[jt8d]

This is tragic, but also suspicious. IMHO, bullets flying over my head, and then next slamming INTO my vehicle's engine, are both an obvious warning, and MAY BE UNDERSTOOD IN ANY LANGUAGE: STOP NOW! Period. So, why did this group continue to drive towards the check-point, even when they saw AND ACKNOWLEDGED that American soldiers were NOT WAIVING THEIR HANDS AND SMILING, but rather, were AIMING THEIR WEAPONS AND SHOUTING? How F***ING stupid can you be?

[VMI70]

Let's think about this for a moment.
Reverse the roles. You really don't know what Iraqis are like, leaflets notwithstanding. You and your extended family are in a car approaching an one of their checkpoints. They start yelling, firing their rifles in the air, then at your vehicle, then at you.
I don't know about you, but any normal person would be stupid not to do anything they could to get away from that situation.