April 19, 2002

TRUE PATRIOT LOVE IN ALL THY SONS COMMAND :

Ottawa calls board of inquiry (JOHN WARD, April 18, 2002 , The Canadian Press)
The dead were identified as: Sgt. Marc Leger of Lancaster, Ont.; Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer of Montreal; Pte. Richard Green of Mill's Cove, N.S.; and Pte. Nathan Smith of Tatamagouche, N.S.

In Washington, Pentagon officials said it appeared the pilot did not know he was flying over an area restricted to training, and muzzle flashes from the exercise below made him think he was under attack. The pilot sought permission to bomb and was told to mark the target but not fire, a senior Pentagon official said. On a second fly-around, after reporting he was taking ground fire, he dropped the bomb in what he thought was self-defence.
The Brothers Judd would like to express our condolences to our Canadian neighbors for their losses in Afghanistan this week and our sorrow at the tragic American error that appears to have been responsible.

Posted by Orrin Judd at April 19, 2002 3:25 PM
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