US Troops 'won't Attend Inquests'

'FRIENDLY FIRE' DEATHS Pte Aaron McClure and Pte Robert Foster, both 19, and Pte John Thrumble, 21, killed on 24 August in Helmand US fighter plane dropped a 500lb (227kg) bomb on their patrol The only other suspected "friendly fire" death of British service personnel in Afghanistan still under investigation Since 2001 73 UK troops have been killed on operations in Afghanistan "While coroners may continue to ask for US witnesses to attend... they should be aware that there will in all cases be a refusal." Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/6967982.stm Published: 2007/08/29 10:43:57 GMT

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