With Firends like the US... Who needs Enemys

ok let me explain :rpissed:

GR-1 Tornado (our Side)
S.C.U.D/ Al Camoud 2(sp) / F.O.R.G (IRAQI)


GR-1 Tornado (Slow when compaired to a Missile)
S.C.U.D/ Al Camoud 2(sp) / F.O.R.G (Fast when compaired to a Tornado).

anyway with that over with here is the news

RAF Tornado downed by US missile

 
It is thought a Patriot missile hit the plane
An RAF Tornado and its crew are missing after being downed by a US Patriot missile close to the Kuwaiti border.
A search for survivors is under way, as is an investigation into how the accident happened.

Air Marshal Brian Burridge, commander of British troops in the Gulf, said the Tornado had been hit "obviously by mistake" as it returned from a mission over Iraq.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2877349.stm

there better be a bloody enquiery ove this !:mad:

Of course there will be. You almost sound like we did it on purpose. It\'s on American news as well.

Ace

Originally posted by Ace
Of course there will be. You almost sound like we did it on purpose. It\'s on American news as well.

Ace

Purpose NO

Brakedown in communication YES !

No one likes to see our forces getting killed... its even worse if its "Self" inflicted.

I agree with that. Lets hope this all ends quickly!

Ace

i.e in uder a week because

there is evidence that either on of the two things would happen

• The Turkey situation in Northen Iraq... if they stay or move further south into Kurdish land, there will be blood shed between the two.
• Islamic Fundimentalists in Saudi Arabia are building up and even preparing for action, in fact it was reposred that a man who is linked to one of these factions & building bombs and stock piling weapons was killed in his own explosion at home. The Security Forces found a stock pile of weapons and Islamic Fundimentalists material in the rubble.

I read about this the other day, it\'s bloody crazy.

This happend in the last conflict 12 years ago. We shot at or down a british plane and a canadien something or another. I dont remember all that well about the canadien craft..but I do know there were some friendly fire issues with the british then as well.

sucky.

friendly fire

it happens

[Viper_Fujax]

Originally posted by mm
friendly fire

it happens

exactly. happened in afganistan when pilots were given the wrong coordinates and bombed our own guys. Its war, so like mm said, it happens and theres nothing we can do.(until they fix the communications)

[Titan]

Our technology isn\'t perfect, nor are the soldiers. Mistakes happen.

FF happens in every war... its not been until the Gulf War that it was highly publicized.  It seems the media is documenting every casualty - even that car wreck in Kuwait.

Hopes there\'s no more of this fatal error...Saddam will be laughing in his sleep.

Or grave..

I find it weird that he has not appeared on TV yet to "boost" the morale.

Since they are already playing "Saddam rulez" type of music on the radio and showing Saddam’s face on the TV, it would not hurt (from his perspective) if he talked to the people.

I think he\'s badly injured or already dead.
Or maybe he shit his pants after the first attack and fled?

I\'ve seen the comparison pictures of him in the newspaper. You can see a few differences, also that he wears a beret and glasses are clever ways of trying to cover him up.

[Living-In-Clip]

I agree with Giga. Friendly fire happens in every war, but it hasn\'t been until lately that the media is noting every death. Then again, none of these wars have been on the scale of the greater wars...The ones where so many people died..and was faceless.

Or maybe it\'s just technlogy and the ability to track and air the wars even more close.

hmmm now saw a report saying the confusion could of been due to that U.S. Marine from the 101st throwing them grenade(s) into the tents.

they said that the base was on alert and could of resulted in a breakdown in communication on the ground.