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British soldier killed, four injured, in possible "friendly fire''
Canadian Press ^
| 3/29/2003
Posted on 03/29/2003 7:46:59 AM PST by SolutionsOnly
Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! THIS HAS GOT TO STOP!
We're killing more Brits than the Iraqis are.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: cas; friendlyfire; friindlyfire; iraq; iraqifreedom; uk
To: SolutionsOnly
I don't don'r mean stop the war...
Just the Friendly fire incidents!
To: SolutionsOnly
This is crazy, you're right. I heard somewhere that the average friendly fire incidents usually account for 30% of the casualties in war. Don't know if that is correct, but unfortunately, in the heat of battle, it happens.
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posted on
03/29/2003 7:49:58 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(I'm really easy to get along with, once you people learn to worship me.)
To: SolutionsOnly
Was it our friendly fire? Or was it Brits firing on themselves?
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posted on
03/29/2003 7:53:45 AM PST
by
LarryM
To: LarryM
The article says it was a American A-10 air attack.
To: SolutionsOnly
No sleep....= increase in mistakes of all sorts....judgement impaired without adequate sleep and food
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posted on
03/29/2003 8:45:30 AM PST
by
joesnuffy
To: SolutionsOnly
Yes, wouldn't want people on FR thinking you were against the war, that would be tantamount to blasphemy.
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posted on
03/29/2003 8:56:28 AM PST
by
droberts
To: SolutionsOnly
I forget how many deaths in Vietnam and WWII were due to friendly fire but it was NOT a low figure
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posted on
03/29/2003 9:19:52 AM PST
by
uncbob
( building tomorrow)
To: uncbob
Yes, there always have been friendly fire incidents...
I can understand how they happen. But I cannot condone it,
because the biggest reason for it is carelessness - not knowing what you're shooting at. Especially the air-to-ground incidents! It's not like getting shot at in the jungle with mortars coming down on top of you.
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