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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence
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To: lorne who wrote (15135)4/18/2002 10:46:30 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck  Read Replies (1) of 27666
 
Yes lets just keep that in mind shall we. Understandable if it is combat...but a well known training area?

The US military is band of incompetent, trigger-happy, idiots.

theglobeandmail.com

and:

U.S. military accidents

Oct. 16 and Oct. 26, 2001: U.S. forces bomb Red Cross buildings in Kabul.

Nov. 11: A U.N. convoy was damaged by U.S. airstrikes. The military says the strikes were aimed at closing a road and the convoy was damaged by debris.

Nov. 26: An F-18 dropped a bomb during the prison riot at Mazar-e-Sharif, injuring five U.S. soldiers.

Nov. 28: U.S. helicopters attacked a ground force of Navy troops. No one was injured.

Dec. 5: A B-52 dropped a bomb on U.S. and Afghan forces near Kandahar, killing three Americans and at least seven Afghans.

Dec. 22: U.S. aircraft struck a convoy near Khost, killing dozens of Afghans.

March 2: An AC-130 taking part in Operation Anaconda may have mistakenly attacked a convoy of U.S. and Afghan forces, killing one U.S. soldier.

March 6: Coalition forces attacked a suspected al-Qaida leadership target near Shikin, Afghanistan. Fourteen were killed.

April 17: A U.S. Air National Guard F-16 drops at least one laser-guided bomb on Canadian forces. The Canadian Defence Ministry said four Canadians were killed and eight injured.
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