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Doesnt look like Pakistan has any. They blew up 13 of thier own troops accidently with morter fire.

Can someone go and just point them to AN ENEMY.
Pakistan hasn't exactly cornered the market on 'friendly fire' incidents...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_fire#World_War_II

Check out the amount of incidents involving the British.

IIRC, friendly fire statistics are actually increasing.
Post edited March 29, 2011 by wy4786
1. Friendly fire isn't

2. As they say in the German Bundeswehr:

Artillery doesn't know friend or foe, only valuable targets.
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wy4786: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_fire#World_War_II

Check out the amount of incidents involving the British.

IIRC, friendly fire statistics are actually increasing.
According to the wiki there are 4 incidents of US and UK blue on bllue in the Iraq and Afgan wars (the current ones) i can think of 4 in 07 alone, my cousin was in one (shot in the neck but just a flesh wound)

No offense intended but most countries dont like admiting FF incidents. The MoD holds (usually) public hearings,
Friendly fire gets lied about a lot. It's more than is reported. And yeah, Pakistani troops aren't the only ones who do it.
Dont get me wrong i know blue on blue happens. It shouldnt but it does. And i agree with orcish it is liked about and covered up. Just more so by some counties than others. And no im not pointing fingers, all countries do it. I only raised it cause i thought it was worthy of mentioning.(that and its unusual for any country to straight away admit it)
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reaver894: Dont get me wrong i know blue on blue happens. It shouldnt but it does. And i agree with orcish it is liked about and covered up. Just more so by some counties than others. And no im not pointing fingers, all countries do it. I only raised it cause i thought it was worthy of mentioning.(that and its unusual for any country to straight away admit it)
I think it was the Pakistani ambassador that appeared on the John Stewart show. He had some really interesting things to say about the military over there. The government pays their military way less than Al Qaeda pays, people who have no education, no job, no food, no land that can grow food, and no hope of attracting or providing for a wife are really hard to attract to the military when the other guy is paying better. Most people don't have much of a sense of national pride or anything, in their eyes they're getting paid to hold and gun and maybe get shot at either way, one just pays a lot more.