The 10 marines who were killed by friendly fire on Mar 23, 2003...

[lindashaw]

I can't remember March 23, 2003. Were we told this? They said that the parents were informed this weekend. Does that mean that the deaths of these men have been kept secret all this time?

[Racenut20]

1. Probably how they died was not revealed until after investigation.

[TNDemo]

2. That was the lead story on our local news.

A local boy died there and his parents say they were never told anything until now. They're pretty upset.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. This is a report that I found last year

I've posted it on DU a couple of times since. However, until now this story was otherwise ignored.


http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2003/030329-friendlyfire01.htm

Friendly Fire May Have Killed Lejeune Marines

Nine N.C.-based Marines killed Sunday in the battle for Nasiriyah may have been victims of friendly fire, not Iraqis pretending to surrender as originally believed.

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Officials at the U.S. Central Command in Qatar would say only that friendly fire is an unfortunate reality of war and that they're still looking into the deaths of the nine Marines based at Camp Jejune in Eastern North Carolina.


On Sunday, Army Lt. Gen. John Abused said the Marines were killed during heavy fighting inside the city after a small group of Iraqi solders indicated they wanted to give themselves up. They then fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the Marines' amphibious assault vehicle, according to what witnesses told journalists with the unit.

But a military source told The Washington Post that early indications suggest the nine may have been hit by an A-10 Thunderbolt II plane providing air support, whose pilot mistook them for Iraqi fighters.

[Columbia]

4. MarineTimes did a report on the incident

Last year during the summer. It's been public information for a long time. Official findings take a bit longer.