No trial for friendly-fire strike controller
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:51 pm
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No trial for friendly-fire strike controller
Staff report
Posted : Monday Nov 3, 2008 14:51:13 EST
A British controller who mistakenly called in an air strike from a U.S. Air Force fighter on a group of British soldiers will not be prosecuted, British newspapers reported Saturday.
The British Army Prosecution Authority decided against taking the unnamed senior noncommissioned officer to a court-martial because officials thought there was little chance a trial would produce a conviction.
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