] "I decided to swim %u2026 but I changed my mind after ] seeing U.S. helicopters firing on and killing people who ] tried to cross the river." ] ] He watched horrified as a family of five was shot dead as ] they tried to cross. Then, he "helped bury a man by the ] river bank, with my own hands." ] ] "I kept walking along the river for two hours and I could ] still see some U.S. snipers ready to shoot anyone who ] might swim. I quit the idea of crossing the river and ] walked for about five hours through orchards." Didn't Kerry characterize "free-fire" zones as war crimes? |