re: It pays to be sceptical in life, but.....
With the cirmcumstances invoved it's quite probable they were being watched via satellite by managment real-time. Giuliana Sgrena suggested she was possible target.
The large discrepency in reports on how all this went down indicates someone is lying big time. The old excuse "fog of war" doesn't cut it for me.
The so called intelligence, a misnomer by anyones standards, have earned their new found status.