Europe Europe Daily Europe Business Europe Economies Europe Headlines Europe Political Albania Amsterdam Austria Balkans Barcelona Belgium Belfast Belgrade Bosnia Bratislava Bulgaria Chechnya Czech Republic Croatia Clyde Denmark Dublin Eire Estonia Finland - Helsinki France - Cannes Germany Deutschland - Berlin - Berlinzeit - Frankfurt - Hamburg Macedonia - Munich - Stuttgart Greece Hague Hungary Iceland Italy - Genoa - Milan Radio Europe - Rome Kosovo Latvia London Macedonia Manchester Netherlands N.Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Russia Romania Scandinavia Scotland Serbia - Edinburgh Slovakia Spain - Madrid Sweden Switzerland - Zurich Turkey Ukraine Vatican Some bombing accidents involving the U.S. military:
—Oct. 13, 2001: A Navy F/A-18 Hornet drops a 2,000-pound bomb on a residential neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, a mile from the military helicopter it intended to hit at Kabul's airport. A Pentagon statement says ground reports indicated that four people were killed and eight injured; U.S. officials say they had no way to confirm the number of casualties.
—Oct. 8, 2001: An errant missile or bomb struck a building and killed four U.N. workers in Kabul. The building was located not far from a Taliban communications tower that may have been a target in the raid.
—March 12, 2001: A bombing range accident in Kuwait kills six and seriously injures three when a Navy F/A-18 pilot is mistakenly given the signal to bomb what turns out to be an observation post.
—Feb. 16, 2001: U.S. warplanes bomb military targets near Baghdad; about half the bombs miss their targets.
—May 20, 1999: At least three people are killed when NATO missiles hit a hospital near a military barracks in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, with NATO acknowledging one of its laser-guided weapons missed a target. The same day, NATO airstrikes damage the Swiss ambassador's residence in Belgrade during a reception, along with the Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian and Hungarian ambassadors' residences. Serbian media say damage also was reported at Libya's embassy and the Israeli diplomatic mission.
—May 13, 1999: NATO acknowledges an attack on a Kosovo village, Korisa. Yugoslav officials said 87 ethnic Albanians are killed and more than 100 injured. NATO says Korisa was a Serb military command post, and suggests Serb forces trapped the refugees next to the target as human shields.
—May 7, 1999: U.S. planes flying a NATO mission mistakenly bomb the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, killing three journalists and injuring 20 people. A bad map from CIA target planners is later blamed.
—May 7, 1999: NATO admits it is highly probable that a bomb headed for an airfield ``went astray and hit civilian buildings.'' Serb officials say a cluster bomb attack damages a marketplace and the grounds of a hospital in Nis, Yugoslavia killing at least 15.
—May 1, 1999: A missile hits a bus crossing a bridge north of Pristina, Yugoslavia, killing 47. NATO says the bus started across the bridge after a bomb directed at the span had been released.
—April 28, 1999: A missile slams into a private home in Sofia, Bulgaria, but no injuries are reported. NATO acknowledges a missile went off course and may have crossed the Yugoslav-Bulgarian border.
—April 27, 1999: A missile strike in the Serb town of Surdulica kills at least 20 civilians. NATO says one of its bombs missed the target, a nearby military barracks, and struck a residential neighborhood.
—April 14, 1999: NATO mistakenly bombs a refugee convoy near Djakovica during its campaign, saying a misfire ``may have caused damage to a civilian vehicle and unintentional harm to civilian lives.'' Yugoslav officials said 75 people died and more than two dozen were hurt.
—April 12, 1999: NATO confirms a rail bridge was struck by allied aircraft and that a train was nearby at the time. Yugoslav state media report NATO missiles struck a railroad bridge near the Serb town of Grdelica and hit a passenger train, killing 17.
—April 10, 1999: Two Marine jets drop bombs on a lookout post at the Vieques training ground in Puerto Rico. One civilian guard is killed. Four others are injured, including three civilians.
—April 9, 1999: NATO says a bomb, intended for the main telephone exchange in Kosovo's capital of Pristina, fell short of its target, causing damage to a residential area.
—April 1994: Two U.S. Air Force F-15s shoot down two U.S. Army helicopters on a diplomatic mission over Iraq, mistaking them for hostile aircraft in the ``no-fly zone,'' killing 26 people. No one was found criminally responsible.
—Feb. 13, 1991: A Baghdad shelter was attacked in the Persian Gulf War, killing more than 300 civilians. U.S. officials said it was a military command center, and they did not know civilians were inside.
—January 1991: Seven U.S. Marines are killed when a missile fired by a U.S. Air Force A-10 attack aircraft hits their armored vehicle during a battle with the Iraqis.
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