No Charges In Friendly-Fire Death

On Tuesday, the army released the findings of a board of inquiry that blamed a lack of co-ordination among Canadian, U.S. and Afghan forces in a March 2006 battle where Pte. Robert Costall was accidentally machine-gunned by American special forces. The inquiry report and separate military police investigation found that the U.S. commander failed to properly outline the location of forces defending Forward Operating Base Robinson, and that Canadians did not warn American troops about their movements as insurgents were trying to overrun the outpost. The board also found that Canadian troops were not wearing infrared beacons that could have distinguished them from enemy fighters. The Canadian inquiry report was finished and presented for approval to the chief of defence staff, Gen. Rick Hillier, on March 8, 2007, according to documents released by the military. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/War_Terror/2007/04/08/3953375-cp.html

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