Friendly Fire

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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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Friendly fire has occurred in battles in which only one force was on the battlefield.

Friendly fire and the limits of the military justice system

Still, of the 1,077 American and Australian sailors who died in that fearsome night battle, as many as 50 were victims of friendly fire.

When Americans killed Americans: hundreds of American servicemen in World War II were killed or wounded by bullets and flak from the guns of their own countrymen

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Larpent, who lost nine of his men to friendly fire in the last Gulf War, said: "The problem comes when a plan gets overtaken by events and in the heat of battle you have to rely on good identification skills of the soldiers on each side.

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LR: I knew that we were all relieved when the news was broadcast that these casualties were victims of friendly fire and not individually disposable casualties of one-way or one-by-one violence.

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They include details about the extent of Afghan civilian casualties, a covert special forces unit targeting insurgent leaders, and friendly fire deaths that have plagued the campaign.

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That would leave open friendly fire, murder, accidental weapon discharge, or suicide.

Local Paper Uncovers Another Mysterious U.S. Death in Iraq

An investigation of the circumstances of Cpl Budd's death has revealed the possibility of friendly fire, the paper said.

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Because of the unprecedented battlespace awareness supported by the WMI, friendly fire incidents will be significantly reduced.

Air force print news (Aug. 3, 2004): Army, air force sharing battle information

Lieutenant Colonel Mark Van Der Lande said: 'The squadron was in action, but it is suspected this may have been a friendly fire incident.

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Unfortunately, lung tissue often succumbs to friendly fire from those neutrophils.

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Earlier, a soldier killed in a suspected friendly fire incident on Sunday was identified as Kingsman Sean Dawson, from 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.