This video does not seem intentional to me, but it does seem like the soldiers were unreasonably eager to pull the trigger. The first attack is bothersome, and considering - as MSD points out - it's not illegal to carry an AK-47 in Iraq, nor is it illegal to gather in groups, it worries me that they didn't wait for any indication of hostility before firing. That incident is on the border though; I can see arguments in its defense. Being eager for the injured person to grab a firearm so you can kill him, though, there is no excuse for, nor is there any excuse for firing upon people that are providing medical assistance, even if you think they're treating the bad guys.
In other words, I find this video rather disturbing, but at the same time I think it's being blown a little out of proportion with the idea that this was an intentional killing of civilians. Rather, as dippin says, it's an issue of being trigger happy, which is still clearly a serious issue.
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