There naturally was confusion, and sometimes soldiers fired by mistake at soldiers of their own army.

The allegations persisted when a witness in February 2001 refused to name a man he said had fired at soldiers.

In the firefight an antitank missile was fired at Israeli soldiers, causing no injuries.

Iraqi troops also stormed a partly built mosque where insurgents had fired at American soldiers.

The military said the structures had been used to fire at soldiers.

The army says militants use buildings along the Israeli-patrolled zone, which it says are usually abandoned, to fire at soldiers.

Roosevelt later described how he fired the pistol at several Spanish soldiers and watched as one of them "doubled up like a jackrabbit."

Gunmen frequently fired at Israeli soldiers from the surrounding area.

In the resulting chaos, Akbar also fired his M4 rifle at fellow soldiers.

The Palestinians have not, as we saw when Palestinian police fired at Israeli soldiers and civilians.