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U.K. Tabloid posts friendly fire video
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Shocking video of a U.S. fighter pilot attacking British troops on the ground has been discovered by the most unlikely of "news" publications: British tabloid "The Sun."
The footage, which was recorded by the attacking aircraft, is a real-time audio/video account of how the confusion between two American pilots resulted in the death of British Corporal Matty Hull. This is a story what will continue to develop on the world stage, so stay-tuned, but a few compelling questions already beg to be answered.
The first question, which New York Times' Lede blog has already posited, is how the editors of the Sun, which is not exactly known for their top-shelf reporting, managed to get their hands on the tape. The second question, of course, is how many more videos of horror and destruction in Iraq will it take for the Bush Administration and its British allies to finally get their troops out of this country.
The entire Sun article is available here. And yes, it's already been posted on YouTube.
*** UPDATE -- The video has since been removed from YouTube. ***
***UPDATE -- The video has been re-uploaded. Note: revised link. ***
