3 UK soldiers were killed and another 2 injured when they came under fire form US warplanes. The incident took place in Afghanistan Helmand province, and the BBC reports that planes dropped a bomb near the UK patrol. All casualties were part of the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment.
This event will almost certainly draw comparison to another US-UK friendly fire accident that occurred in the beginning phases of the Iraq war, in which 2 USAF A-10 planes attacked an armored UK unit, killing one soldier.
Read the Reuters story.
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