USAF Attack on Marines-March 2003

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/10/02/spr...friendly.fire/

According to the CNN site for October 2, 2003, a USAF A-10 had, in
March, attacked a group of Marines on the road to Baghdad. At least 18
Marines were killed. Here are some statements from the CNN account:

(Marines said they are certain it was a U.S. warplane -- the Iraqis
did not fly a single combat mission during the war.)

(Those on the battlefield that day said the A-10 pilot -- still not
identified -- was told there were no U.S. troops in the area.

(The pilot reported back that he saw an Iraqi convoy heading for the
city. So the ground controller -- who was never told Charlie Company
was there -- gave the pilot the green light to fire.)

(Marines insist the pilot should have recognized the tub-shaped AAVs
as U.S. assault vehicles. Only the Marine Corps has them.)

("There is nothing like an AAV," said Schielein, of Peoria, Illinois.
"I mean, the biggest vehicle that the Iraqis even had was a pick-up
truck with a machine gun in the back." )

(It has been under investigation for six months. It remains "open" and
a report is expected to be released in weeks.){end quotes}

OK, that was back in October and the incident took place in
March,2003. Has a report been issued yet? If not, why not? If so, what
did it say?

(Stan Engel) wrote:

:OK, that was back in October and the incident took place in
:March,2003. Has a report been issued yet? If not, why not? If so, what
:did it say?

A more appropriate question would be if so, why?

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