From: Gene McAloon 

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 08:02:11 +0200, Phil Payne
 wrote:

>> An Air Force fighter pilot who mistakenly bombed a group of Canadian
>> soldiers in Afghanistan in 2002 -- killing four and injuring eight -- was
>> found guilty of dereliction of duty yesterday and was fined $5,672 for an
>> act that a military commander characterized as shameful
>
>What's $5672 divided by four?

The military commander's decision was itself characterized as shameful by
the pilot's attorney. Many still believe, as I still suspect, that the
decision was a cover-up for the military's own bungling. At that, had those
killed not been Canadian, there probably would have been nothing more than
an administrative action taken against him; a reprimand put into his
personnel file.  The trial was political, little more.

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