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America's most senior military official has apologised for "friendly fire" incidents which killed three British soldiers.
General Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the BBC he would make it his "quest" to ensure it did not happen again.
But the commander of British armed forces in the last Gulf War says too many troops had died in such incidents this time.
Five British servicemen are believed to have been victims of "blue on blue" incidents since the war on Iraq began a week ago.
Two RAF pilots were killed last Sunday when their GR4 Tornado was shot down by an American Patriot missile near the Kuwaiti border.
Inquests into the deaths of Flight Lieutenant David Rhys Williams, 37, and Flight Lieutenant Kevin Barry Main, 35, have been opened and adjourned after their bodies were flown back to the UK.
On Friday Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull died when a US A-10 tankbuster aircraft fired on two armoured vehicles.
And in a third incident, two British soldiers - Corporal Stephen John Allbutt, 35, and 19-year-old Trooper David Jeffrey Clarke - were killed last Tuesday when their Challenger II tank was mistakenly fired upon by British comrades in another tank.
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