Deja Vu

US error kills Canadian, stalls attack on Taliban
PANJWAI DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN -- Canadian soldiers were minutes away from launching an attack against the Taliban when a US warplane mistakenly fired on them yesterday, killing one soldier, injuring more than 30 others and forcing a pause in the Canadian ...

Gee when have we heard this before oh yeah at the begining of the war in Afghanistan.

Invasion of Afghanistan (2002): 4 (13%) *note* fatalities were Canadian Soldiers, not American. Caused when a US fighter pilot dropped a 500 lb (228 kg) bomb while Canadian soldiers were performing a live fire exercise on April 17, 2002 [1]

Of course it is difficult to tell our troops apart from the Taliban.

So for short sighted US Air Force Pilots here is a clip and paste for their dashboard.

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