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'Friendly Fire' Military Inquest Continues

NPR

Published January 20, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

At a Louisiana air force base, a hearing continues for two American military pilots who mistakenly bombed Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan last April, killing four and wounding eight others. The outcome of the hearing will determine whether the two flyers are court-martialed. Derek Stoffel reports.

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