The death of a U.S. Army Ranger from Washington killed over the weekend while fighting al Queda in Afghanistan was likely the result of an accidental friendly fire by Afghan partner forces, according to military officials.
In a statement to ABC News by the NATO-led training mission, Resolute Support, an initial review of Sgt. Leandro Jasso's death found he 'was likely accidentally shot by our Afghan partner force.'
'There are no indications he was shot intentionally,' the statement added of the 25-year-old's death.
The November 24 incident occurred in Nimroz Province, in western Afghanistan, during a joint U.S-Afghan assault on al Qaeda positions.
Jasso was struck by small arms fire and was immediately evacuated to the nearest medical treatment facility. He later died of his wounds.
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From Northwest Woodsman: Apparently we learned nothing from our experience in Vietnam. We are repeating the same mistakes made there only with the addition of hi tech equipment. Politicians who ultimately run the war have no military experience other than possibly playing video games, and higher level military commanders are so insulated from combat that they may as well be playing video games in their climate controlled trailers far from actual combat. Neither politicians nor high level military officers seem to understand that you can not train and equip a third world primitive culture into an effective fighting force. We have a really stupid tendency to look at and treat these people as a reflection of our values and abilities and unfortunately, that is not the case. I was an army officer in a combat branch in Vietnam for thirty months and I speak from experience. One of my friends who was an advisor to a Vietnamese infantry unit said that a good day for him was when all of his Vietnamese troops showed up with their boots on. He is the guy that went into combat not carrying a weapon because he said that when the shooting started, he had his pick of any weapon he needed when his Vietnamese troops threw them on the ground and ran.
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