America's most senior military official has apologised for two United States "friendly fire" incidents which have killed three British soldiers.

Two RAF pilots were killed last Sunday when their GR4 Tornado was engaged near the Kuwaiti border by a Patriot missile battery. On Friday Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull died when a US A-10 tankbuster aircraft fired on two armoured vehicles. In a third incident, two British soldiers were killed when their Challenger 2 tank was mistakenly fired upon by British comrades in another tank.

General Myers said there was "no excuse" for the so-called "blue on blue" incidents because of the procedures in place to prevent them occurring.

Ananova