I am not justifying the killings. Heck I don't even justify the war itself in the first place. But once a war has started, you gotta be more careful of the things you do. Each of your steps could be under scrutiny even your motives are good. I remember once when there was a curfew in Ktm, I took things lightly being a naive teenager and was trying to surpass a group of armed police pretending as if it was a normal day. Next thing I knew, they had held their guns pointing at me and I was warned to get back else I would be shot right there. I turned back right away and moved towards the safer territory. Did I have a choice? Yes I was just a normal citizen, but not someone who could not be suspected. Yes my motives were clean, but my moves could not prove that I was just being plain naive there. And this was just a curfew order; not anything like war in Iraq.