Briones' best friend, Lance Cpl. Miguel "T.J." Terrazas, had been killed earlier that day by the roadside bomb. He was still grieving when he was sent in to clean up the bodies of the Iraqi civilians, his mother said.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14690460.htm
I thought there was a policy -- at least at one time -- that a soldier couldn't talk to the press about his unit's military activities. Please advise me further about this matter, those of you in the know.