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===First Gulf War===

*February 26, 1991: Two [[U.S. Air Force]] [[A-10|A-10 Thunderbolt II]] aircraft during [[Operation Desert Storm]] attacked [[British]] armoured personnel carriers with [[AGM-65 Maverick|Maverick missiles]], killing nine British soldiers and wounded 11 more.

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*February 26, 1991: A British officer was wounded when his Warrior vehicle was attacked by a Challenger tank of the Scots Dragoon Guards.

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*February 27, 1991: Two British soldiers from 10 Air Defence Battery, Royal Artillery were injured when two Spartan armoured vehicles from which they had dismounted were engaged by Challenger 1 tanks from 14/20 Hussars with thermal sights beyond the range of unaided visibility (about 1500 m). The rearmost vehicle was hit and burst into flames. The other vehicle was also damaged in the ensuing fire.

===War in Afghanistan===

*April 22, 2004: American Ranger [[Pat Tillman]], a former famous football player, was shot and killed by American fire in Afghanistan.

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*August 23, 2007: A USAF F-15 aircraft called in to support the British ~~troops~~ dropped a bomb on these forces due to the incorrect coordinates given to a U.S. pilot by the British Forward Air Controller, killing three privates of 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment with two others wounded. The British Forward Air Controller is currently facing manslaughter charges.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1038781/British-soldier-faces-manslaughter-charges-Afghanistan-friendly-deaths.html British soldier faces manslaughter charges over Afghanistan 'friendly fire' deaths]</ref>

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*August 23, 2007: A USAF F-15 aircraft called in to support the British forces dropped a bomb on these forces due to the incorrect coordinates given to a U.S. pilot by the British Forward Air Controller, killing three privates of 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment with two others wounded. The British Forward Air Controller is currently facing manslaughter charges.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1038781/British-soldier-faces-manslaughter-charges-Afghanistan-friendly-deaths.html British soldier faces manslaughter charges over Afghanistan 'friendly fire' deaths]</ref>

*September 26, 2007: Two Danish soldiers from the Royal Life Guards were killed by British Javelin anti-tank missiles attack during combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3070875.ece Danish soldiers killed by British friendly fire]</ref>

*July 9, 2008: A British Army Apache helicopter open fire on British soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, wounding nine in Upper Gereshk Valley, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/nine-british-soldiers-injured-in-friendly-fire-865043.html Nine British soldiers injured in 'friendly fire]</ref>

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*December 20, 2009: A British Military Police officer was shot and killed by a British Army sniper while on patrol.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/21/military-police-friendly-fire-death Military police officer killed by British 'friendly fire' in Afghanistan]</ref> No charges were brought against a British army sniper who killed a British military police officer.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/14/sniper-escapes-friendly-fire-death-charges Sniper escapes prosecution over friendly fire death]</ref>

*December 5, 2010: A [[Kiwi]]-born Private John 'Jack' Howard of 3rd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, serving in the British military was killed by a low-cannon fire from a [[USAF]] F-18 aircraft in Nad 'Ali district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, during a firefight with the Taliban in a bad weather.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/8185369/Soldier-killed-by-US-friendly-fire-was-a-New-Zealander-in-British-army.html Soldier killed by US friendly fire was a New Zealander in British army ]</ref>

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===~~Iraq War~~===

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===[[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]===

*March 24, 2003: Sergeant Steven Roberts, a tank commander with the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, was killed when a fellow British soldier manning a tank-mounted machine gun mistakenly fired at him while trying to shoot a wielding Iraqi protester near [[Basra]], [[Iraq]].<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/dec/18/military.iraq Bureaucratic delay resulted in soldier's death] ''The Guardian''</ref>

*March 25, 2003: Two British soldiers, Corporal Stephen John Allbutt and Trooper David Jeffrey Clarke, were killed when their Challenger 2 tank was hit by a round fired on from another British tank in southern Iraq.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2886715.stm UK soldiers killed by 'friendly fire']</ref>

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*March 30th, 2003: British Royal Marine Christopher Maddison was killed when his river patrol boat was hit by missiles fired upon by British Royal Engineers who mistook him for an enemy vessel in Al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/6187414.stm Failings' behind death of marine]</ref>

*April 2, 2003: A U.S. F/A-18 fighter aircraft was shot down by a U.S. Patriot missile in west of Karbala, Iraq, killing U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Nathan Dennis White of VFA-195, Carrier Air Wing Five.<ref>[http://www.aviationtoday.com/pressreleases/8587.html Widow of U.S. Naval Pilot Shot Down by Friendly Fire in Iraq Sues Raytheon Company for Wrongful Death]</ref>

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*[http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/du_ii/du_ii_tabh.htm Friendly Fire incidents in Desert Storm]

*[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1991/jul/24/friendly-fire-incidents Friendly Fire Incidents]

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*[http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/3774/ We Brits invented ‘friendly fire’]

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*[http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/3774/ We Brits invented ‘friendly fire’]

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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10637526 UK military deaths in Iraq]

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