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Friendly Fire
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Friendly Fire
Any unintentional discharge or misdirection of firepower or other weapons of war (e.g., gunfire, dropping of bombs and shelling by long-range weapons) in an armed conflict against combatants of the same side
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Errors were blamed when Royal Marine Christopher Maddison, 24, died in a friendly fire incident in Iraq in 2003.
Deadly cost of soldier's mistakes by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
We have confirmed that an investigation is under way into a suspected friendly fire incident," a MoD spokesman said.
Soldier tragedy probe by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Instead, it was "possible" one of the group's own mines went off or that an artillery strike went awry - though an MoD spokesman could only say: "An investigation is under way into a suspected friendly fire incident.
WERE TWO BRIT HEROES KILLED BY FRIENDLY FIRE? Afghan explosion inquiry by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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