The bombing errors have increased calls for a halt to the strikes, particularly from Muslim nations like Malaysia and Indonesia, but also from relief agencies operating in Afghanistan.
At the same time, they are trying to use the Americans' bombing errors -- like the mistaken attack on the Red Cross complex in Kabul on Friday, the second errant strike on the site -- to stir up support for themselves in the Islamic world.
Unlit Swiss cities could be bombed in error, while blazing urban lights would act as a beacon to pinpoint targets across the border.
Eckoldt was the flagship during Operation Wikinger, an attempt to capture British fishing trawlers operating off the Dogger Bank on 22 February, when two destroyers sank with heavy loss of life – one hit newly-laid British mines in a supposedly mine-free channel and the other was bombed in error by the Luftwaffe.
The bombing resulted from error piled upon incompetence piled upon bad judgment in a variety of places -- from a frantic rush to approve targets to questionable reliance on inexpert officers to an inexplicable failure to consult the people who might have averted disaster, according to the officials.
First, because Hammond's implication is that bombing a hospital in error is an acceptable consequence of war.
The roads are also incredibly narrow, allowing little margin for error when bombing from one mission to the next.
Over the years, the city became the site of much conflict, up until the second world war, when the allied forces bombed it in error (mistaking it for a German city).
Washington apologized, saying that the bombing was an error, but the bombing caused a deterioration in Chinese-American relations and prompted massive demonstrations outside the American embassy in Beijing.
Ministers have insisted that Saudis are conducting inquiries into any errors in their bombing campaign and point out that the military there is operating with the support of the UN in a complex and bloody civil war in which both sides have been accused of atrocities.
