[Nyck]

interesting will see the validity of the statement from the "unnamed diplomat"

that being said I think your mod from militaryphotos.net summed it up best

"NOT WEAPONS FREE.. This means that an order to fire had to happen. For an order to fire to happen, a percieved threat had to exist. Was the shooter (shooter and who ever was giving orders) overzealous? YOUBETCHA. Was the Canadian vehicle driver wearing his ass for a hat? NODOUBTABOUTIT. US soldiers can't count on every swiniging dick in the green zone to follow the rules or have any common sense, so the order to fire was a bit much. Firing into the hood of the car is a bit better than ventilating the front seats. None of us were there so other than being relieved that the Canadians didn't suffer much more than some soiled pants.. we really don't rate at any level to analize this. Some rate much less than others in here.

That being said, enough with the evil trigger happy american strikes again crap. This was an area brainfart. Differing from the individual brainfart, the area brainfart covers stupidity and stupid acitons in PROXIMITY to the related incident. Although some laughing and pointing may be appropriate, blame cannot originate from any indivdual."