F-18 bombing a group of american military men

During exercises in Kuwait, an American F-18, which took off from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, mistakenly dropped a bomb on a group of military men. During the incident, the US President George Bush was in Florida where he was making a speech about his plan of reducing taxes. He suggested that those gathered honour the memory of the killed by a minute of silence. "Today I have been reminded how dangerous a military service can be. We have lost people in an incident during exercises", Bush said.

It has already been established that among the killed there are five Americans and one New Zealander, informs NTV. The government of New Zealand demanded that Washington immediately account for the death of its serviceman. As the New Zealand Prime-Minister Helen Clark stated, "this tragedy reminds us that our country's military personnel staying abroad risk their lives". In response, the USA has already said that a thorough investigation of the occurrence would be carried out. According to AFP, the name of the killed New Zealand officer is John Macnutt. He was watching the exercises in the north-west of Kuwait when an aircraft conducting a manoeuvre dropped a bomb close to him..

The US military leaders have already started discussing the relevant issues with New Zealand. Today, General Tom Franks and Admiral William Fallon, who are in charge of the investigation, have offered their condolences to the families of the killed. The group, which will conduct investigation, will begin its work on Thursday. A New Zealand colonel will also take part in the investigation.

This is the second serious incident over the last month with the American navy involved into it. In February, an American nuclear submarine destroyed a Japanese fishing boat, killing nine men.