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Tillman's Death - Could it Have Been Murder?



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As new details of Pat Tillman's death emerge, greater public suspicion is growing as to what really did take place when the Army Ranger was killed in Afghanistan. New reports indicate that the doctor who examined Tillman's body clearly stipulated that the battlefield scenario did not match up with the medical evidence.

As new details of Pat Tillman's death emerge, greater public suspicion is growing as to what really did take place when the Army Ranger was killed in Afghanistan. New reports indicate that the doctor who examined Tillman's body clearly stipulated that the battlefield scenario did not match up with the medical evidence.

Three bullet holes in extremely close proximity in Pat Tillman's forehead led Army doctors to suggest that an investigation into the death of the Army Ranger was warranted. Those doctors clearly suggested that what took place in Afghanistan in 2004 could have amounted to out and out murder. The proximity of the bullet holes suggested that the Army Ranger was cut down by an M-16 fired from perhaps just ten yards away.

Eventually the Pentagon did review the incident. Tillman's comrades were asked whether the ranger was disliked by fellow soldiers and whether or not there was any reason to believe Tillman was deliberately killed. Ultimately the Pentagon ruled the death a friendly-fire accident.

Among the other information being revealed publicly for the first time, Tillman reportedly snapped at a panicked comrade under fire to shut up and stop "sniveling" just prior to Tillman being killed. In addition, the newly released info indicates no other evidence of friendly fire was found at the scene.

Adding to the complexity of the issue is the fact that the initial reports from the Pentagon and the Bush administration stated Tillman had been killed by enemy fire. Weeks later the Pentagon acknowledged Tillman was killed by his fellow Rangers.

Tillman's mother, Mary Tillman, has believed for some time that her son was deliberately killed.

Comments
What a load of bologna- this is exactly why virtually every soldier - regardless of their politics has nothing but disdain for the "stay at home, never risk anything" artistically sensitive souls who read drivel like this review. Stick to your poetry and stay away from the battlefield about which you clearly know next to nothing and understand even less.
Posted by: Bruno Loefstedt | July 27, 2007 03:30 PM
Now if people can believe that the government is heartless and evil enough to do this, why is it a story of conspiracy that the SAME government would not be able to blow up the twin towers???? Its PURE EVIL in office since 1913 (Banks took over the government). Its just getting less careful under Bush. Mostly because of the internet.
Posted by: John | July 27, 2007 11:59 PM
Among other information contained in the documents: * In his last words moments before he was killed, Tillman snapped at a panicky comrade under fire to shut up and stop “sniveling.” * Army attorneys sent each other congratulatory e-mails for keeping criminal investigators at bay as the Army conducted an internal friendly-fire investigation that resulted in administrative, or non-criminal, punishments. * The three-star general who kept the truth about Tillman’s death from his family and the public told investigators some 70 times that he had a bad memory and couldn’t recall details of his actions. * No evidence at all of enemy fire was found at the scene - no one was hit by enemy fire, nor was any government equipment struck. Read the entire article @: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/07/27/2819/
Posted by: Joe | July 28, 2007 01:05 AM
There should be a complete and formal inquiry into this incident. All the information indicates that the shooting was a deliberate act and was not an accident, but murder.
Posted by: George M. Kesselring, Major USAF Retired | July 28, 2007 12:04 PM
Just for the record, the report by the Pentagon, as supposedly reported by a nameless chaplain who interviewed people on the scene, Pat said things to fellow Ranger O'Hare that would not reflect well on him, including the "sniveling" remark. Ranger O'Hare, the person Pat Tillman was talking to, says it never happened that way. He also said he never talked to the chaplain. Seems the Pentagon is in "fabrication mode" again. They need to stop besmirching the good name of our U.S. Army.
Posted by: "Don The Opinionated" From Missouri | July 29, 2007 05:05 PM
According to one study by the Department of Justice, illegal violence by people involved in intimate relationships accounts for about 9 percent of all homicides in the United States each year. Typically, many instances of illegal violence by intimates are never reported. That's hardly an analogy, however, to describe the intimate and volatile relationships shared by men in combat. The restraint of normal socializing, most significantly the isolation from friends and family, can be debilitating, but add the constant assaults and threats of harm from the enemy, as well as the emotional and physical intimidation directed at subordinates by superior officers, and the level of stress can be tremendous. Like in extreme cases of domestic abuse, the illegal violence may result in the death of an intimate partner or fellow soldier, but for a variety of reasons, these events are never reported.
Posted by: Kimberly Adkins | July 30, 2007 09:29 AM
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