Mike Irwin
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Ouch. Someone's going to have some explaining to do...
AS SAYLIYA CAMP, Qatar (Reuters) - A U.S. F-16 fighter plane
accidentally fired on a Patriot missile battery in southern Iraq (news - web
sites), a spokeswoman at Central Command forward headquarters in Qatar
said on Tuesday.
There were no casualties in the incident which
took place on Monday some 30 miles south of
Najaf.
"During combat air operations...Monday a U.S.
F-16 fighter engaged a U.S. Patriot battery
approximately 30 miles south of An Najaf,"
Central Command said in a statement.
"The F-16 pilot executed the strike against the Patriot while en route to a
mission near Baghdad...No soldiers were injured or killed by the strike," it
said, adding that an investigation into the incident was under way.
It was the second friendly fire incident involving a Patriot since the war in
Iraq started last week. In the first, a British Tornado was shot down by a
U.S. Patriot missile as it returned to base. The two man crew is reported as
missing, believed dead.
AS SAYLIYA CAMP, Qatar (Reuters) - A U.S. F-16 fighter plane
accidentally fired on a Patriot missile battery in southern Iraq (news - web
sites), a spokeswoman at Central Command forward headquarters in Qatar
said on Tuesday.
There were no casualties in the incident which
took place on Monday some 30 miles south of
Najaf.
"During combat air operations...Monday a U.S.
F-16 fighter engaged a U.S. Patriot battery
approximately 30 miles south of An Najaf,"
Central Command said in a statement.
"The F-16 pilot executed the strike against the Patriot while en route to a
mission near Baghdad...No soldiers were injured or killed by the strike," it
said, adding that an investigation into the incident was under way.
It was the second friendly fire incident involving a Patriot since the war in
Iraq started last week. In the first, a British Tornado was shot down by a
U.S. Patriot missile as it returned to base. The two man crew is reported as
missing, believed dead.