Inquest: Attack by U.S. pilots that killed British soldier in Iraq was criminal assault

Saturday, March 17, 2007

LONDON -- A British coroner ruled Friday that an attack by two American pilots that killed a British soldier in Iraq was a criminal assault, contradicting a U.S. finding that the incident captured in a dramatic cockpit video was a tragic accident.

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