U.S. 'friendly fire' video revealed

Mark Greenstain написал(а) к All в Feb 07 16:52:36 по местному времени:

From: "Mark Greenstain" <markgr2000@geeklife.com>

Нi All,

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe...deo/index.html

According to The Sun, Нull died when a pair of U.S. A-10 jets opened fire on
his tank near Basra in southeastern Iraq.

In the video, the pilots working with targeting coordinators on the ground
misidentified a British convoy as Iraqi forces and are informed shortly after
opening fire that they had attacked "friendlies."

"Be advised that ... you have friendly armor in the area," a targeting
coordinator said.

"Ahh s--- ... f---, f---, f---." said one of the A-10 pilots, code named
Popov35. "I'm going to be sick."

The conversation continued between the pilots after an initial report of one
British soldier killed and one wounded.

"Did you hear?" asked Popov35.

"Yeah, this sucks," said the second pilot, Popov36.

"We're in jail dude," said Popov35.

"Damn it. F......ing damn it," Popov36 continued a short time later.

The pilots were then told to abort their mission and return to base.

Целую, Марк

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