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Royal
12-11-2003, 07:09 AM
The RMP's SIB (|Special Investigations Branch) have finally admitted that Mne Chris Maddison of 539 ASRM died of wounds caused by a MILAN round fired fellow Royal Marines who mistakenly thought they were enagaging an Iraqi patrol boat.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/3306209.stm

RIP Mne Maddison

Yet another case of inadequate Clansman Communications costing lives :(

oldsoak
12-11-2003, 08:50 AM
Roll on Bowman - until then we can use flags and smoke. Is anything happening on that front ? Or will there be more avoidable casualties ? :(

cut
12-11-2003, 08:58 AM
That was the story in one of the "fighting the war" series on the bbc and they pretty much prooved that it was friendly fire that killed him.

Trigger
12-11-2003, 11:31 AM
RIP :(