What the heck is "non-hostile fire?"

[spinbaby]

I notice that four of the ten killed yesterday in Iraq were killed by non-hostile fire. Shot in a friendly way?

http://icasualties.org/oif/prdDetails.aspx?hndRef=10-2006

[woodsprite]

1. Hmmm. I think you hit the nail on the head. Friendly fire. n/t

[AlCzervik]

could be friendly fire or it could be suicide or an accident with a gun.

[photogirl12]

2. Well isn't friendly fire

just the politicians way of saying it was just a whoopsie. Or that someone pulled a Cheney and hit one of their own???

[11 Bravo]

3. Friendly fire.

Short rounds, fog of war, or just plain incompetence.. Exactly what killed Pat Tillman.

[kenny blankenship]

4. Iraqi Army troops firing wildly, killing GIs?

(to distinguish it from green on green "friendly fire")

[trixie]

5. Isn't that the terms they use

to disqualify soldiers from benefits etc?

[bluerum]

6. Shrapnel from an exploding ammo dump? nt

[spinbaby]

8. That's what I was thinking

But that happened last week. And only one of the non-hostile fire incidents was listed in the Baghdad area.

[bluerum]

11. Wounds could have been sustained days ago. That dump is

probably still burning. That much ammo can't be safely extinguished in a few hours or even days. Big big clean up job I bet.

[madokie]

16. rounds cooking off

[sarge43]

7. Simply put, someone or a lot of someones from your side

fucked up.

[MGD]

9. Either a major vehicle accident or major fratricide or a little of both.

[yy4me]

10. Fire ...as in flames? As in ammo dumps?

Refrigerators work well, just add to the hellish daily count. Who would know? Good grief, will this ever end!

[originalpckelly]

12. I'm not trying to be hostile or anything, but I'm gonna shoot you...

yeah, that makes a hell of a lot of sense.

[Homer Wells]

13. Sele Delete

Dupe

[Homer Wells]

14. Circular Firing Squads

Seems to be the conservative way of doing things these days.

[pscot]

15. The vice-president shoots you?

N/T

[Tesha]

17. Murder. Suicide. Mistakes. (NT)

[Blackhatjack]

18. According to the Cheney Dictionary of Hunting Terms ....

...that is when you purposefully fire your weapon, in contravention of all rules which prohibit firing a weapon in those circumstances, and your dicharge strikes a friendly target.