"Afghan National Army forces and U.S. soldiers operating in the area quickly moved to the site and cordoned off the insurgent forces by use of small-arms fire and support from coalition fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, " the military statement said.
Perhaps a few legislators still recall what happened to Iraqi Republican Guard and other units who were fleeing along a fixed road system in Kuwait and came under murderous Coalition fire until JCS Chairman Colin Powell, unnerved by negative publicity, ordered U.S. forces to cease their assault.
The second was in failing to warn the new owners, the Michaels, that the fire alarm system had been subjected to filtering while a previous fault was fixed.