Coroner attacks 'inexcusable' US

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Source: BBC

A coroner has called it "inexcusable" that US authorities failed to release evidence about the first UK casualties of the Iraq war.

Andrew Walker was speaking at the reopening of an inquest into the fatal helicopter crash in March 2003.

The eight servicemen died along with four US marines in Kuwait.

American authorities would not give evidence or provide relevant videotape to the court despite all efforts by the MoD, the coroner said.





Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6559529.stm

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In addition, footage filmed by an embedded Fox News crew from Fox News was also being withheld, he added.

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Inexcusable? Smirk, smirk, smirk. Not for a republicon." - Commander AWOL

"We republicon 'elites' are 'especial' and need not ever tell the truth to the
American people or anyone else. So just get over it. Smirk, smirk, smirk."

- Commander AWOL

[gratefultobelib]

2. Ugh--too early in the morning to have to look at THAT!!

[EC]

4. There was just a letter to the editor

in the Chicago Tribune yesterday, from a family that has a son in Iraq and pointedly asked if Bushie could at least refrain from smirking as he leads his son to his possible death....

[Broadslidin]

3. Amphetamine Zombie U.S. Pilots are 'No problem' for our dept. of war....

From CBC News, Canada:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2002/12/20/friendlyfire021220.html