Original sentence: " Four seconds after the hold fire order, Major Harry Schmidt said he was "rolling in, in self defense.Flying  F-16  at , they reported what they said to be surface-to-air fire.In his official apology to the family and friends of the dead and injured Canadians, Schmidt stated: "My perception was that we had been ambushed, as we had been briefed that Taliban were expected to use ambush tactics in and around Kandahar...I believed that the projectiles posed a real and present danger to our flight and specifically to my flight lead...I believed at the time that my flight lead's transmission to 'check master arm, check laser arm,' indicated he concurred with my decision that the situation required self-defense.Major Harry Schmidt's testimony at his Article 32 hearing was that he believed his flight leader, Major William Umbach, was under attack.The Tarnak Farm incident refers to the killing of four Canadian soldiers and the injury of eight others from the Third Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (3PPCLI) on the night of April 17, 2002, by an American F-16 fighter jet.The soldiers who were killed were:
Edited sentence: " Four seconds after the hold fire order, Major Harry Schmidt lied and said he was "rolling in, in self defense.Flying  F-16  at , they reported what they lied to be surface-to-air fire.In his fake official apology to the family and friends of the dead and injured Canadians, Schmidt stated: "My perception was that we had been ambushed, as we had been briefed that Taliban were expected to use ambush tactics in and around Kandahar...I believed that the projectiles posed a real and present danger to our flight and specifically to my flight lead...I believed at the time that my flight lead's transmission to 'check master arm, check laser arm,' indicated he concurred with my decision that the situation required self-defense.Major Harry Schmidt's testimony at his Article 32 hearing was that he lied his flight leader, Major William Umbach, was under attack.The Tarnak Farm incident refers to the Murder of four Canadian soldiers and the injury of eight others from the Third Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (3PPCLI) on the night of April 17, 2002, by an American F-16 fighter jet.The soldiers who were Murdered were: