U.S. now shooting at Russians! But, er, "we didn't mean it," according to Condi Rice.
US says 'no harm intended' by attack on Russian convoy
Posted: 1:36 AM (Manila Time) | Apr. 08, 2003
Agence France-PresseMOSCOW -- US national security adviser Condoleezza Rice assured President Vladimir Putin Monday that if US troops had indeed shot at a convoy of Russian diplomats fleeing Iraq at the weekend, then no harm had been intended, a senior US official said.
"We assured the Russians that no harm was intended," the official told journalists, speaking on condition of anonymity. But the official stressed this did not mean Washington accepted that it was US forces that fired Sunday at the convoy of Russian diplomats, of whom five were wounded in the attack.