Pat Tillman likely killed by friendly fire

[spanone]

Friendly fire. Wrong name. He was killed by the United States of America.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/29/tillman.report/index.html

[lil-petunia]

1. just wait

Any person complaining about our efforts in the muddle east will again be called a terror-loving scum - because the Army killed one of their own.


But, don't forget. Mission Accomplished! Halliburton was caught with only 1/3 of a billion that is was not entitled too. The rest is pure profit.

[Dont Hurt Me]

2. unfortunately

this happens far to often...

[Skittles]

18. it does indeed

not only do people get killed - can you imagine being the one who accidently did the killing?

[MikeG]

3. Could he have been fragged?

I hear that's what happens to the really gung-ho ones.

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[MikeG]

5. You see, we question authority here.

Asses believe everything they are told.

[Dont Hurt Me]

9. It's just not nice

to make fun of the death of someone just because you disagree with his beliefs.

[MikeG]

11. Gung-ho soldiers get everyone killed. That's why they get fragged.

Don't believe the media version of this story.

[Dont Hurt Me]

13. They're Rangers

They are all gung-ho. The media is reporting what the afghan who were there said. Sounds like the most reliable source that's available

[CatWoman]

15. It's also not nice of you to call him an "ass"

[Dont Hurt Me]

16. Yes

you are right...I'm an ass too..oh wait...damn it

sorry

[Eric J in MN]

6. I don't think so.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040529/ap_on_re_us/tillman_investigation&cid=519&ncid=716

The Afghan official told the AP that two groups of soldiers had drifted some distance apart during the operation in the remote Spera district of Khost province, close to the Pakistani border.

"Suddenly the sound of a mine explosion was heard somewhere between the two groups and the Americans in one group started firing," the official said, citing an account given to him by an Afghan fighter who was part of that group, not Tillman's.

"Nobody knew what it was — a mine, a remote-controlled bomb — or what was going on, or if enemy forces were firing. The situation was very confusing," the official said.

"As the result of this firing, that American was killed and three Afghan soldiers were injured. It was a misunderstanding and afterwards they realized that it was a mine that had exploded and there were no enemy forces."

[Eloriel]

7. Just heard it -- Fragging is EXACTLY what it sounds like

"No word on who fired the shot or shots. He was killed as he led his Rangers up a hill." (Close paraphrase, not exact quote from MSNBC.)

Edit: The Yahoo article has more info which makes it sound just like massive confusion going on. So it may not have been.

[Eric J in MN]

10. I think someone fired in panic, not that someone killed him on purpose.

See post #6.

[wtmusic]

12. There is no way if they were under attack

his fellow soldiers would choose that moment to frag him on purpose.

No way.

[Nlighten1]

14. He was leading his rangers?

Since when does a SP4 take charge of a Ranger squad? Is the Army that hard up for soldiers or are they making this up?

[Walt Starr]

8. So this is a microcosm of the Bush war macrocosm

We are killing ourselves.

[Must_B_Free]

17. Was he fragged for Propaganda?

A new "Jessica Lynch" that wasn't going to blab the truth?

That was my gut feeling the whole time.