Aid worker Linda Norgrove was killed by US grenade

[theHandpuppet]

Source: BBC News

Aid worker Linda Norgrove was killed by a grenade thrown by a US soldier sent to rescue her, a joint US-UK investigation has found.

Ms Norgrove, 36, from Lewis, Scotland, was taken hostage in Afghanistan in September. She died on 8 October.

It had been thought she was killed by her captors.

Foreign Secretary William Hague said US soldiers had been disciplined for not informing commanders immediately the grenade was the suspected cause.....

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11900709

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Hmmm.... do you think this will make the news on this side of the pond?

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. The number of deaths caused by friendly fire goes up with every war

So sad.

[femrap]

5. Last I read....roughly

70% of casualties are women, children, elderly.

I wish wars would go back to hand-to-hand combat....or better yet, let's just put the 2 leaders of the nations in a boxing ring and let them duke it out. HBO or Showtime could sell tickets and we could end the deficits! lol.

We could call it, 'The Whack in Iraq.' I'll let others do the hype.

[saras]

8. Nice, but old idea

The thing with the boxing ring is that we can't trust these guys with weapons as dangerous as fists. I'm pretty sure it was W.C. Fields that suggested they fight it out with socks full of horse dung.

[femrap]

12. It was a joke....nt

[boppers]

7. "goes up with every war"? What?

I was under the impression the reverse was true...

Got a website/book you would recommend?

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. Krakauer - Tillman Story

[dipsydoodle]

2. Do they ever report own goals

your side ?

[Anakin Skywalker]

3. Oops.

[valerief]

4. crickets crickets crickets by US Pravda. nt

[provis99]

6. reminds me of the old world war one joke

When the French shoot, the Germans duck.
When the Germans shoot, the French duck.
When the Americans shoot, everyone ducks.

"Friendly fire" is an American specialty.

[Pavulon]

9. own goal is the commonwealth term

for that and they kill each other too.

[truthisfreedom]

11. Tragic.