I was told Michael's death had resulted as a suspected
friendly fire incident but that was all.
It has come to light after intense cotroversy over the deaths of British soldiers in
friendly fire incidents and American complaints about the conduct of British Lieutenant Colonel Tim Collins.
Defence Ministry Spokesman Gen Zahir Azeemi said there was no step being taken for investigation into the
friendly fire incident. About a month ago, German forces opened fire at a civilian car, killing a man and injuring another in the province.
Trooper Clarke, 19, from Littleworth, Staffordshire, was one of two soldiers from the Queen's Royal Lancers who were killed in a
friendly fire incident near Basra.
Simpson, whose translator was among those killed in the latest
friendly fire incident, yelled in desperation at US commanders on the ground shortly after the air strike, pleading: "Tell them to go away, tell them it's us, tell them it's us."
Ranger David Dalzell, 20, from Co Down, was killed in a
friendly fire incident.
Almost two years earlier, he was left paralysed when shrapnel was embedded in his spine in a
friendly fire incident in Afghanistan.
A soldier killed in a suspected
friendly fire incident on Sunday was named last night as Kingsman Sean Dawson, from 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
FOOTBALL fans wore strips and unfurled a Union flag yesterday to honour a soldier killed in a suspected
friendly fire incident in Afghanistan.
Armed Forces spokesman Lt Col Sean Tully said: 'Almost certainly it was not a
friendly fire incident and I do not think it was attributable to enemy action.
IT EMERGED today that 30 US troops were wounded, two "very seriously", in a
friendly fire incident in central Iraq.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman confirmed the death was being investigated as a "suspected
friendly fire incident".