> Fifteen civilians, including five children, and two soldiers were
> accidentally shot on Sunday during a hostage liberation exercise by
> members of the 3rd Regiment de parachutistes d'infanterie de marine.
>
> "The minister said security measures were respected and that the
> soldier who fired the live rounds had an exemplary record.
>
> "Security regulations were respected a priori ... use of blanks
> requires a distance of at least 10 metres (31 feet) from the public
> and the public was more than 10 metres away," said Morin.
>
> "According to initial findings of the inquiry, the incident involved a
> soldier with a perfect record, who had participated in operations and
> had seven to eight years of experience. There is nothing that would
> make one think he had behavioral or psychological problems," he
> added."
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6s93qk ...

>"Ned" pizzacheeze.com> wrote in message
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>> Fifteen civilians, including five children, and two soldiers were
>> accidentally shot on...

> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:49:44 +1000, "Atheist Chaplain"
> cia.gov> wrote:
>

>>"Ned" pizzacheeze.com> wrote in message
>>news:9pkg641suv21m3mf01j252lenkvvlqrht4@4ax.com...

>>> Fifteen civilians, including five children, and two soldiers were
>>> accidentally shot on Sunday during a hostage liberation exercise by
>>> members of the 3rd Regiment de parachutistes d'infanterie de marine.
>>>
>>> "The minister said security measures were respected and that the
>>> soldier who fired the live rounds had an exemplary record.
>>>
>>> "Security regulations were respected a priori ... use of blanks
>>> requires a distance of at least 10 metres (31 feet) from the public
>>> and the public was more than 10 metres away," said Morin.
>>>
>>> "According to initial findings of the inquiry, the incident involved a
>>> soldier with a perfect record, who had participated in operations and ...

>yup, but you would also think that an experienced Sergeant would also
>notice
>the difference in weight between a mag with live and blank ammo!!
>And even in the few years I spent in the Australian Army, they made me
>realise the difference.
>The mind boggles at what could have cause such a FUBAR.
>There should have been a weapons inspection before they ever left the
>staging area, and if there was, whoever was in charge should be up for
>criminal neglect at least.
>--
>"Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color."
>Don Hirschberg

> Fifteen civilians, including five children, and two soldiers were
> accidentally shot on Sunday during a hostage liberation exercise by
> members of the 3rd Regiment de parachutistes d'infanterie de marine.

> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:28:02 +1000, Atheist Chaplain wrote:
>

>>
>>yup, but you would also think that an experienced Sergeant would also
>>notice
>>the difference in weight between a mag with live and blank ammo!!
>>And even in the few years I spent in the Australian Army, they made me
>>realise the difference.
>>The mind boggles at what could have cause such a FUBAR.
>>There should have been a weapons inspection before they ever left the
>>staging area, and if there was, whoever was in charge should be up for
>>criminal neglect at least.

>
> Not 100%% sure about most of that. In any scenario involving dangerous
> weapons and/or activities, if something can go wrong then it will. All
> you can do is reduce the risk of catastrophic outcomes, but you can't
> eliminate it entirely. If you could (and I repeat, you can't) it would
> no longer be a risky activity, and rehearsals like this one would be ...

> "Atheist Chaplain" cia.gov> wrote in message
>
> news:g49r5o$9cl$1@aioe.org
>

>>yup, but you would also think that an experienced Sergeant would also
>>notice
>>the difference in weight between a mag with live and blank ammo!!
>>And even in the few years I spent in the Australian Army, they made me
>>realise the difference.
>>The mind boggles at what could have cause such a FUBAR.
>>There should have been a weapons inspection before they ever left the
>>staging area, and if there was, whoever was in charge should be up for
>>criminal neglect at least.
>>--
>>"Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color."
>>Don Hirschberg

>
> Not to mention, whatever happened to his blank firing adaptor after the ...

> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:28:02 +1000, Atheist Chaplain wrote:
>

>>
>>yup, but you would also think that an experienced Sergeant would also
>>notice
>>the difference in weight between a mag with live and blank ammo!!
>>And even in the few years I spent in the Australian Army, they made me
>>realise the difference.
>>The mind boggles at what could have cause such a FUBAR.
>>There should have been a weapons inspection before they ever left the
>>staging area, and if there was, whoever was in charge should be up for
>>criminal neglect at least.

>
> Not 100%% sure about most of that. In any scenario involving dangerous
> weapons and/or activities, if something can go wrong then it will. All
> you can do is reduce the risk of catastrophic outcomes, but you can't
> eliminate it entirely. If you could (and I repeat, you can't) it would
> no longer be a risky activity, and rehearsals like this one would be ...

>
> "Sam" hihat.com> wrote in message
> news:1fsg64lbia2vgpa3574tptb1epp8h9k8q0@4ax.com...

>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:28:02 +1000, Atheist Chaplain wrote:
>>

>>>
>>>yup, but you would also think that an experienced Sergeant would also
>>>notice
>>>the difference in weight between a mag with live and blank ammo!!
>>>And even in the few years I spent in the Australian Army, they made me
>>>realise the difference.
>>>The mind boggles at what could have cause such a FUBAR.
>>>There should have been a weapons inspection before they ever left the
>>>staging area, and if there was, whoever was in charge should be up for
>>>criminal neglect at least.

>>
>> Not 100%% sure about most of that. In any scenario involving dangerous
>> weapons and/or activities, if something can go wrong then it will. All ...