U S captain took speed pills and killed canadian soldiers in afaghanistan
Pilots action called extremely unusual By William Walker Torstar News Service Tony Gutierrez, the Associated Press Remembering the night Canadian soldiers were bombed by a U.S. ... A senior U.S. Air Force officer testified yesterday that American pilot Major Harry Schmidt was acting extremely oddly the night he dropped a laser-guided bomb on Canadian soldiers in "self-defence." Colonel Lawrence Stutzriem, the deputy director of air force air operations in Afghanistan, was on duty the night the "friendly fire" accident killed four Canadian soldiers and injured eight at the U.S. ... " Schmidt admits he took two Dexedrine pills -- amphetamines -- during his mission. Yesterdays testimony was also marked by emotional recollections from Canadian survivors that evoked the shock and horror of the bomb dropping out of the night sky. ... Earlier yesterday, chief prosecutor John Odom continued to present his case by calling as witnesses Canadian soldiers who were injured that night. ... " Other recollections by Canadian survivors: Sergeant Lorne Ford, who lost his right eye: "I woke up on my left side and noticed my injuries right away .