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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (94804)	4/19/2003 7:17:32 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

>>Marine Cpl. Jason David Mileo, 20, of Centreville, Md., shot and killed after being mistaken for an enemy soldier in the vicinity of Baghdad, April 14.<< Last year I read a history of World War II - can't remember the name - with a chapter on "friendly fire." I had no idea that it was so common, but it is. The author claimed that during World War One, generals believed that if the friendly fire numbers were low, the artillery wasn't being aggressive enough. The news reports during this last war quoted Brits as saying the Yanks were trigger-happy. Makes me wonder whether other military cultures have lower "friendly fire" casualty rates. But there is a bit of a taboo in reporting this, of course. Far better to tell Mom and Dad that their son was shot in the line of battle than it was by his mates. So the statistics the author was quoting were from military investigatons.