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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. |