http://dir.salon.com/topics/friendly_fire/?source=rss&aim=friendly_fire en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST Articles concerning Salon's friendly fire investigation By Mark Benjamin Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/15/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/15/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss The military claims fratricides in Iraq and Afghanistan are down 90 percent from previous wars -- but experts call the figures suspect. By Mark Benjamin Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/12/09/fattah_letter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/12/09/fattah_letter/index.html?source=rss Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid joins two other members of Congress in pushing for a fresh look at an alleged friendly-fire incident in Iraq first reported by Salon. By Mark Benjamin Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/04/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/04/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss Col. Sean MacFarland, who told Jean Feggins her son was killed by enemy action, is the same officer who may have covered up her son's death by friendly fire. By Mark Benjamin Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/12/04/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/12/04/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss A congressman urges a new investigation into an apparent friendly-fire death. By Mark Benjamin Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/20/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/20/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss Hours after Salon revealed evidence that two Americans were killed by a U.S. tank, not enemy fire, military officials destroyed papers on the men. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/11/20/friendly_fire_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/11/20/friendly_fire_2/index.html?source=rss A soldier who was ordered to shred documents about two soldiers killed in an apparent friendly fire incident rescued some of the paperwork and provided it to Salon. By Mark Benjamin Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/14/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/14/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss The Army says no, but a graphic video and eyewitness testimony indicate that a U.S. tank killed two American soldiers. The mother of one soldier demands answers. By Mark Benjamin Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/10/14/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/10/14/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss Despite a video that seems to show friendly fire, and the discovery of a tank shell near the impact site, the official investigation attributes their deaths to enemy action. By Kerry Lauerman Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2007/02/10/week_that_was/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2007/02/10/week_that_was/index.html?source=rss Astronuts, Snickers, Edwards and a blonde bombshell. By David Puner Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2007/02/06/us_uk_friendly_fire_incident/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2007/02/06/us_uk_friendly_fire_incident/index.html?source=rss Footage from a mistaken U.S. attack on British convoy By David Morris Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/05/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/05/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss What the Pentagon isn't telling you about friendly fire.