[malamute]

fog of war

[Lancey Howard]

(( ping ))

[blam]

Oh no!

[Theo]

Ah, crap.

[SevenofNine]

OH MAN NOT COOL AT ALL

[Cinnamon]

U.S. Congress immediately calls for an investigation committee to see why this unspeakable horrendous murder took place. What did the soldiers know and when did they know it. After the Investigation Committee report comes in they will cast a vote of no confidence.

[umgud]

Calling Murtha, calling Murtha........

[jazusamo]

Very sad but you’re correct, it happens in war.

[malamute]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19180314/

Updated, from above link

7 Afghan police killed in friendly fire
Four others wounded when U.S. helicopter fires rockets

BREAKING NEWS
Updated: 3 minutes ago

KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan police and wounded four others in a friendly fire incident early Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said.

Fighting first started just before midnight Monday between Taliban militants and Afghan police, and two hours into the battle U.S. forces arrived and mistakenly opened fire on the police, said Zurmai Khan, the Khogyani district chief.

(Excerpt)

[Ramius]

Tragically unfortunate. But it happens. Nothing to do but hopefully learn from it and reduce the probability of it happening again.

[JennysCool]

Thank God the Al Gore-beatifying press has been there to dwell endlessly over every single mistake made in the War on Terror.

What would the enemy do without them?

[AlaskaErik]

When I was in Afghanistan we medivaced a Canadian soldier who got hit by A-10 fire. I didn’t feel especially proud that day.

[taxesareforever]

Happened around midnight. Sadly, accidents in war do happen, but even sadder is the spin the media put on incidents like this.

[taxcontrol]

Rule 1 from Murphy’s laws of warfare

Friendly fire - ain’t

[Amelia]

Afghan police mistakenly thought U.S. troops on a nighttime mission were Taliban fighters and opened fire on them, prompting U.S. forces to return fire and call in attack aircraft, killing seven Afghan police, officials said Tuesday.

Sort of a misleading headline if this story is correct...The U.S. forces were defending themselves.

[AliVeritas]

Friendly fire? Seven? Yep, fog or war is right.

I guess if Karzai can run around for weeks praising his closeness with Iran... who knows what’s going on with the Afpols?