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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 11:55 AM
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Tillman Killed by "friendly fire"
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=4&u=/ap/20040529/ap_on_re_us/tillman_investigation

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Former pro football player Pat Tillman was probably killed by friendly fire as he led his team of Army Rangers up a hill during a firefight in Afghanistan (news - web sites) last month, the U.S. Army said Saturday.

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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 12:05 PM
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1. .
this makes his sacrifice even more horrible
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maggrwaggr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 12:49 PM
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2. you KNOW they knew it then. But they're only telling us now
fuckers.

They wanted to make a big hero out of the guy, turns out he was shot in the back like an animal.

How pathetic.
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 05:58 PM
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3. I agree
they probably thought it would be beneficial to them in the polls and when it wasn't, they went a head and released the rest of the info
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 06:12 PM
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4. Man that is fucked up.
What a waste. Shot by your own troops, can it be any worse than that?
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