Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Sole American Military eyewitnesses ‘not available’ for Hercules inquest.
Earlier, Mr Masters criticised the RAF for lax record-keeping and shredding important documents.
He also levelled criticism at the US military for not authorising interviews with American eyewitnesses.
Aside from an Iraqi, US servicemen were the only eyewitnesses to the incident on 30 January 2005, but they were not available for interview.
“The stance taken by the US is difficult to comprehend,” said the coroner.
“I just wonder, what if the boot had been on the other foot – if a US aircraft had come down with the loss of 10 lives and the only eye witnesses had been British forces?”
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No apologies for updating a couple of old images.
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
How much does The MOD spend on legal fees ?
More deaths, more inquests but antique aircraft are still safe to fly and the Government is doing a wonderful job of supporting fighting forces – within the limits of allocated budgets of course – while £2.3 billion is being spent on refurbishing the MOD’s Whitehall offices.
Report on latest inquest where the MOD will, I’m sure, be well represented.
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