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Friendly fire incident
Coverage of Friendly fire incident in the Nexus archive.
- Fighter pilot downed over Iran was previously shot down in Kuwaiti incident, sources say
A U.S. fighter pilot downed over Iran in April was previously involved in a Kuwaiti friendly fire incident that shot down jets at the start of the war, according to CBS News sources. The information was reported by CBS News Pentagon reporter Eleanor Watson.
- Detention of journalist in Kuwait raises questions about crackdown on freedom of speech
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a US-born Kuwaiti journalist, was arrested for reporting on a friendly fire incident involving a US F-15 E Strike Eagle. The Committee to Protect Journalists has raised concerns about the crackdown on freedom of speech in the Middle East amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran.