An interim report on the so-called friendly fire deaths of four Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan was formally delivered May 14th to the military's top general. The head of the inquiry, General Maurice Baril (bah-REE'), said the report made clear a key detail. (The American pilot dropped a bomb while the Canadians were conducting a live-fire exercise at night during the coalition base at Kandahar.)

Date: 2002-05-14
Placeline: EDMONTON, Alberta.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 23 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << we now have sufficient evidence to answer some of the objective listed in our terms of reference as you can read in the interim report the board of inquiry has determined the injuries and that have been attributed to the glass and Trapnell effect created by the explosion of a 500-pound laser-guided bomb dropped by a correlation F-16 fighter plane >>

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