Actually, I made no judgements on whether it might have been a "US crew" (as opposed to a British one), but said only that the US would try to verify the facts. Also, these bombings take place at night (at least in Bahgdad), so if it was a GPS-guided munition (as opposed to a laser-guided bomb) the pilot would not see the impact. If it was not a bomb, but a missile instead, obviously there would not be a pilot to do on the spot BDA. I inferred from your post above that you were assuming (couching) it was a coalition bomb. If I inferred wrong, I apologize.
As far as my "operational security" remark is concerned, that was a general observation about the information put out by the US military. These military briefers are asked many questions by the press that they cannot answer truthfully without giving potentially harmfull information to the enemy. It has been my experience that instead of lying about it, they simply answer that they are not at liberty to discuss it.
Regards,
Sabre
