With all due respect, what did they expect? I mean, really. The United States invaded Iraq (without, it now appears, any legitimate provocation). Do you really think that American citizens have some God-given right to wander around in a war zone (where it's their own country that's at war) and not be considered legitimate targets?

America's attitude to the Iraqi defenders and their "abominable" methods of waging war reminds me of the attitude of the British commanders in the Revolutionary War/War of Independence, who were scandalised to find that the American "colonials", who were outmanned, outfinanced, and outgunned, were not only hiding behind rocks and trees (which made it very hard to shoot them), but were actually wearing camouflage clothing so the British redcoats couldn't see them until it was too late. How dreadfully unsporting of them! <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

As Captain Ericson said to the German U-boat commander in "The Cruel Sea" - "This is war. I'm sorry if it is too hard for you."