US F-16 Kills 4 Canadians, Wounds 8

[KrazyHorse]

OTTAWA - Four Canadians are dead after an American plane accidentally dropped at least one bomb during a live fire training exercise in Afghanistan.

Eight others were injured in the blast. Two of them are reported to be in critical condition.

The American F-16 fighter jet dropped the bombs during a training exercise near Kandahar Wednesday. The incident took place about 14 kilometres south of the Kandahar Airport.

Reports indicate that the victims were members of the Edmonton-based Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. No identities have been released pending notification of family members.

The Defence Department has called a news conference for midnight eastern time at department headquarters in Ottawa

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/04/17/cdndeaths020417

Thanks, guys. The Afghans couldn't hit them, but the USAF is always happy to oblige...

[Urban Ranger]

What do you expect? They do the same thing to their own ground pounders.

[Asher]

It was an F-18, btw.

Where's Wiggy when you need him.

[Dis]

and I was hoping we attacked Canada. It's about time we added more states to the union.

But this is tragic news. Logisitics

[Asher]

The Canadian Military must be reeling by the huge percentage of Soldiers killed today.

[Lonestar]

Always said when our allies get injured due to our screw ups...

[Tingkai]

Argh! What is it with the Americans. They kill more people with "friendly fire" then we lose to enemies.

[Evil_Eric_4]

This the second time I heard of live fire exercises killing our own boys.

Don't we train soldiers BEFORE we send them into combat zones?

And before anyone jumps to conclusions and starts bashing the
USAF or Navy it is possible some dumb grunt accidently lasered his own foot.

Sorry to the Canadians.

[Tingkai]

Reportedly an Air National Guard pilot.

[KrazyHorse]

I don't know, but apparently the aircraft (reported by CBC and CTV as being an F-16, BTW Asher) wasn't even part of the live-fire exercise.

[KrazyHorse]

BTW, this is the first incident where Canadians were killed in a combat role since the Korean War.

At least we're still on top when it comes to all-time fatalities in peacekeeping. 160 last time I checked.

[DinoDoc]

I'm with Dissident. I clicked on this thread hoping that it was about an actual attack on Canada. Not another screw up.

[Asher]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
I don't know, but apparently the aircraft (reported by CBC and CTV as being an F-16, BTW Asher) wasn't even part of the live-fire exercise.

Your own article says F-18 now. Hit refresh.

[KrazyHorse]

Okay. 30 seconds ago CNN reported it for the first time and said it was an Air National Guard F-16, dropping either 1 or 2 laser-guided bombs.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
I'm with Dissident. I clicked on this thread hoping that it was about an actual attack on Canada. Not another screw up.

Bah. You guys didn't learn your lesson the first two time you tried?

Anyhow, this one really hurts, guys. If you didn't want us there you could just have told us to leave.