One of the survivors of this incident, and friend of the British Cpl who was killed, has accused the A-10 pilot of having "no regard for human life" and accused him of being "a cowboy" who had "gone out on a jolly".
The pilot also killed two Iraqi civilians who were waving a large white flag.
The A-10 was well out of position. It was broad daylight. While 'Blue on blue' is inevitable in war, this was unforgivable. I have read all about it from several sources before making this judgement. This is just the kind of gung-ho behaviour that the US command can do without.
One unnamed source from D squadron said "As far as I am concerned, these two pilots should be done for manslaughter. There's no way on the planet that they couldn't see two vehicles, that they couldn't see the dayglo panel on the top."
Apparently, senior British officers are privately furious about this.
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