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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? |
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