'Friendly Fire' video

[Sam Slater]

That's no excuse. If the Brits didn't have the right gear to communicate directly then all the more reason the pilots shouldn't have fired, as they were just relying on visual id in a dusty landscape, at altitude.

If they were being fired on -or soldiers on the ground were being fired on- then shoot first and ask questions later if the circumstances require it, but if no ones being fired upon, and you cannot get a positive id, then don't fire.

[andy at handiwork]

It seems that not only did our government know of the existence of the video all along, but took part in the inquiry that cleared the pilots. Plus ca change.