Show airs tape of friendly-fire strike that killed 3 Brits

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Show airs tape of friendly-fire strike that killed 3 Brits
By Bryan Mitchell, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Friday, February 15, 2008

A British television show earlier this week aired footage of the friendly-fire incident involving an American fighter jet that killed three British soldiers, shedding new light on the circumstances surrounding the accident.

The video — shot by a British soldier — aired on Sky One on Monday in the fourth installment of a five-part series, “Ross Kemp in Afghanistan.” Prior to the show, limited details had been released about the deadly incident, which occurred on Aug. 23, 2007, in the Helmand province of southern Afghanistan.

Three British soldiers were killed when an F-15E fighter jet from RAF Lakenheath, England, dropped a 500-pound bomb on a group of soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment.

Ross Kemp, a former British soap opera tough guy turned reality TV star, narrates the story of how the soldiers were killed, while footage from a soldier’s head-mounted camera shows the errant ordnance striking the soldiers.

The troops were stationed in a remote section of Helmand and tasked with protecting the Kajaki dam, which provides power to millions across southern Afghanistan.


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