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===War in Afghanistan=== {{See also|Green on blue attack}} * August 17, 2002: Following an altercation, [[British Army]] Corporal John Gregory, who was drunk and under the influence of medication, shot dead [[Royal Logistic Corps]] Sergeant Robert Busuttil as he lay in a hammock during a barbecue at [[Kabul International Airport]] before killing himself. Wiltshire coroner David Masters asked the British Army "to tighten its rules on alcohol and gun security".<ref>{{cite news|date=September 17, 2003|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3117276.stm|title=Army accused over soldier deaths|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=March 8, 2014}}</ref> * January 20, 2012: An Afghan soldier opened fire on French soldiers, killing four and injuring fifteen, eight of whom were seriously wounded. He was subsequently arrested and confessed his motivation came from a [[Video of U.S. Marines urinating on Taliban fighters|published video of American Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters]] and a published video of British soldiers abusing Afghan children.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 22, 2012 |title=Afghan soldier 'killed French troops over US abuse video' |url=http://dawn.com/2012/01/22/afghan-soldier-killed-french-troops-over-us-abuse-video/ |access-date=April 19, 2012 |agency=Agence France-Presse (AFP) |work=DAWN.COM}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Afghan soldier 'killed French troops over US abuse video'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9030919/Afghan-soldier-killed-French-troops-over-US-abuse-video.html|access-date=June 24, 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=January 22, 2012|location=London}}</ref> The incident led French president [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] to threaten to withdraw all [[French forces in Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/world/europe/sarkozy-weighs-afghan-withdrawal-after-4-french-troops-killed.html?pagewanted=all|title=France Weighs Pullout After 4 of Its Soldiers Are Killed|first1=Steven|last1=Erlanger|first2=Alissa J.|last2=Rubin|date=January 20, 2012|accessdate=February 26, 2012|newspaper=New York Times}}</ref> * August 5, 2014: During a high-ranking coalition delegation speech at the [[Marshal Fahim National Defense University]], an Afghan soldier opened fire on a crowd of 90 Coalition officials and soldiers, leading to the death of U.S. Major General [[Harold J. Greene]] and the wounding of 14 others, including [[German Air Force]] officer [[Michael Bartscher]]. The soldier was killed by two Coalition soldiers at the scene, one Danish and the other American.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-afghanistan-attacks/soldier-who-killed-u-s-general-spent-three-years-in-afghan-army-idUKKBN0G61SL20140806 |last=Shalizi |first=Hamid |title=Soldier who killed U.S. general spent three years in Afghan army |date=August 17, 2014 |work=Reuters}}</ref><ref>Ali M. Latifi (August 6, 2014). [http://www.latimes.com/world/afghanistan-pakistan/la-fg-afghanistan-general-20140807-story.html "Afghan soldier who killed U.S. general is identified"]. ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref>
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