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Friendly Fire |
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Fire burning in a place where it was intended to burn, although damages may result. In a military conflict, the discharge of weapons against one's own troops. A fire burning in a fireplace is regarded as a friendly fire, in spite of the fact that extensive smoke damage might result there from. Ordinarily, when an individual purchases fire insurance, the coverage does not extend to damages resulting from a friendly fire but only to loss resulting from an uncontrollable hostile fire. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A Pentagon report released Monday recommended that nine Army officers be held accountable for errors in reporting the friendly-fire death of Cpl. The friendly-fire incident underscores the corrosive impact that a gruesome campaign of suicide bombings, car bombings, roadside bombings and after-dark ambushes has had on exhausted, overburdened American soldiers. That was one among other friendly-fire incidents that still remain under investigation. |
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