US bombs Kurdish convoy killing 10 - BBC Reporter calls it "scene from hell"

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Another massive own goal by the US forces…

‘Friendly fire’ hits Kurdish convoy

An American warplane has bombed a Kurdish convoy in northern Iraq which included members of US special forces. The BBC’s world affairs editor John Simpson, who was travelling with the convoy, says he counted at least 10 bodies and others wounded. It is the latest in a series of “friendly fire” incidents involving coalition forces during the Iraq war. A brother of Massoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), is reported to have been wounded in the attack. The US military said it was investigating the incident, which happened near the town of Makhmur. “Coalition aircraft were conducting close air support missions at the time, and were in co-ordination with ground forces,” said the statement from US Central Command in Qatar. “The circumstances contributing to the incident are under investigation.” Simpson, who suffered minor injuries in the attack, said the bomb was dropped from a US plane 10 to 12 feet (about four metres) from where he was standing. The convoy contained between eight and 10 cars, two of which contained US special forces. Kurdish forces, backed by the US, are advancing south from their self-ruled enclave in northern Iraq on the cities of Mosul and Kirkuk, held by Saddam Hussein’s forces.

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The bombs america has are probably smart but the people controlling them are defintely not.

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I think Turkish troops are missing from the list.

Once they are hit the jigsaw will be complete.

Smart Bombs or Smart Bums!

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Death toll climbs to 18. This attack is just one more example of the unprofessional, ill-disciplined and gung ho attitude of the US military in Iraq.

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The camera footage of this on the BBC news was rather disturbing. They showed footage from just after the attack and you could see blood dripping onto the camera lens. Sent a shiver down ur back :(

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The camera footage of this on the BBC news was rather disturbing. They showed footage from just after the attack and you could see blood dripping onto the camera lens. Sent a shiver down ur back :(
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Yeah, I saw it also, it was quite horrible.

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Yes just saw that on the BBC, very horrific. Here is the link to John Simpson’s full story..

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Just saw John Simpson’s piece on it. That is truly awful. i think what it makes more ‘hardhitting’ for many of us - is that, for the first time we actually see blood. Think of all the sanitized coverage we are receiving of this invasion - when have we ever seen blood except in snapshot glimpses of some prisoners of war and people lying in hospitals? How many air raids has the US undertaken against innocent civilians (forgetting even journalists) - and how many times has a camera been a direct witness to those killings.