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Unmanned US Aircraft Shoots, Kills Two US Soldiers [VIDEO]

Apr 13th 2011 – 6:27PM
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How the Real Pat Tillman Story Was Finally Exposed

By Carl FranzenAug 20th 2010 – 10:44AM

(Aug. 20) -- The documentary film "The Tillman Story," about the life -- and mostly the death, subsequent cover-up of the death and struggle to reveal the truth about the death -- of pro-football star turned Army Ranger Pat Tillman hits theaters across America on Friday. The controversial celluloid investigation of his...

NATO Airstrike Mistakenly Kills 5 Afghan Troops

By Lauren FrayerJul 7th 2010 – 6:52AM

(July 7) -- Five Afghan soldiers were mistakenly killed and two others wounded this morning in a NATO airstrike that an Afghan government spokesman pointedly called "not the first case" of friendly fire in Afghanistan. Three American deaths were also reported in a separate roadside bombing. NATO acknowledged the Afghan...

Background on friendly fire

Friendly fire is inadvertent firing towards one's own or otherwise friendly forces while attempting to engage enemy forces, particularly where this results in injury or death.

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