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SCANDAL OF BRIT ARMY GUN THAT FIRES ITSELF
A BLACK WATCH soldier has been cleared of a shooting which cost a comradeâs leg in Iraq. An appeal overturned a negligence charge against Scot Thomas Henderson, 37, after experts blamed an electrical fault in a weapon. Witnesses said the chain gun on the Warrior armoured personnel carrier could fire âundemandedâ. However, the gun is still being used in the Gulf. Last night, sources claimed unsuitable weapons were being relied on in Iraq because they have âdamn all elseâ. But an Army spokesman insisted that the Warrior was âhighly effectiveâ. Sergeant Albert Thomson had to have his leg amputated after the âfriendly fireâ incident as he recovered the body of a fallen colleague in March last year.Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-06-27 |
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