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Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Leaked video of US friendly fire
The Sun newspaper has released a leak cockpit video of a USAF A-10 that attacked a British convoy by mistake on Mar. 28, 2003. After being told they had attacked a friendly.

POPOV35: I'm going to be sick.
POPOV36: Ah f***.
POPOV35: Did you hear?
POPOV36: Yeah, this sucks.
POPOV35: We're in jail, dude.



The pilots in the incident, a reservist Lt Col and Major from the 190th Fighter Squadron, were cleared of any wrong doing by the Pentagon.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Tuesday that the pilots "followed the procedures and processes for engaging targets."

Sources

Joy at direct hit turns to horror

Transcript of the 'friendly fire' video

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